¹⁹ They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.^{(A) 20} The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.^{[a][b] (B) 21} Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.^(C)