¹⁹ the torrent continued to swell and increase in momentum until the highest mountain peaks beneath the heavens were covered. ²⁰ In fact, the waters rose and pitched so forcefully over the earth that the mountain peaks disappeared beneath 22 feet of water. ²¹ And all flesh that moved upon the earth died out—birds, domesticated animals, wild animals, all of the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all human beings.