Genesis 6

1 Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair; and they took themselves wives of all whom they chose.

3 So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not always strive for the sake of man, for that he is but flesh; yet his days [of grace] shall be a hundred and twenty years.

4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

The giants were on the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these became the mighty men, who were of old the men of renown.

5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

6 And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

7 So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

And the Lord said, I will destroy the man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man and beast, and the creeping things and the fowls of the heaven; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

8 Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just, perfect man in his generation; Noah walked with God.

10 And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

And the earth was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.

12 And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them, and I will destroy them with the earth.

14 Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

Make thee an ark of gopher-wood, rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

15 And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

And this is the manner in which thou shalt make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

16 You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and thou shalt finish it above, to be one cubit broad, and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

17 And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

And as regards myself, behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under the heavens; every thing that is on the earth shall perish.

18 But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

19 And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee: male and female shall they be.

20 Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

Of the fowls after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

21 You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”

And thou, for thy part, take unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be unto thee, and unto them for food.

22 So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

Thus did Noah; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.

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