4. PAINTING THE ARK
At last, after many days, the ship was finished.
Then Noah tarred the inside and the outside, to keep it tight. And he named it the Ark, and painted it with colors; for Noah was proud of his work.
5-6. ASSEMBLING THE ANIMALS
Then Noah went abroad and called together all the animals, by twos, and told them that they must come into the Ark to be saved from the deluge.
But they too doubted, and were slow to decide; for they feared to enter the dark ship.
And they grumbled, and said, “It may be but a shower.”