Noah was 600 years old at the time that the flood water came. It came on the 17th day of the 2nd month of that year. Noah, and his wife, and his sons, called Shem, Ham and Japheth, and their wives too, they all went into the big boat. They were there with all the animals. There were wild animals and quiet animals, big animals and small animals. And all the birds were there too. There were males and females of every living bird and animal on that big boat. All of the different kinds of animals went into that big boat with Noah. They went in 2 at a time, just like God told Noah. After the last animal went into the boat with Noah and his family, God shut the door. Then, on that same day, the rain came out of the sky. It really rained hard all the time. It was just like God opened up a big window in the sky, and rain poured down. And more water came up from springs, and from everywhere under the ground too. It kept raining for 40 days and 40 nights.