Genesis 6

1 And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

And it came to pass when men had begun to multiply on the face of the ground and daughters had been born to them,

2 The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

that the sons of God saw the daughters of men! that they were, fair, —so they took to themselves wives of whomsoever they chose,

3 And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.

And Yahweh said—My spirit shall not rule in man to times age—abiding, for that, he also, is flesh, —Yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

4 There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

The giants, were in the earth in those days, and also, after that, when the sons of God began to go in unto the daughters of men, and sons were born to them, the same, were the heroes that were from age-past times the men of renown.

5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

Then Yahweh saw that great, was the wickedness of man in the earth, and that, every purpose of the devices of his heart, was only wicked all the day;

6 And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart.

and it grieved Yahweh, that he had made man in the earth, —and he took sorrow unto his heart.

7 And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

And Yahweh said—I must wipe off man whom I created from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast unto creeping thing, and unto the bird of the heavens, —for I am grieved that I made them.

8 But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.

But, Noah, had found favour in the eyes, of Yahweh.

9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.

These, are the generations of Noah, Noah, was, a righteous man blameless, in his generations, —with God, did Noah walk.

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

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

11 And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.

And the earth corrupted itself before God, —and the earth was filled with violence,

12 And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.

And God beheld the earth, and lo! it had corrupted itself, —surely all flesh had corrupted its way, on the earth.

13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.

So God said unto Noah: the end of all flesh, hath come in before me, for, filled, is the earth with violence, because of them, —behold me, then, destroying them with the earth.

14 Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.

Make for thee an ark of timbers of gopher, rooms, shalt thou make with the ark, —and thou shalt cover it within and without with pitch.

15 And this is the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

And, this, is how thou shalt make it, —three hundred cubits, the length of the ark, fifty cubits, the breadth thereof, and thirty cubits the height thereof.

16 You are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.

A place for light, shalt thou make to the ark and to a cubit, shalt thou finish it upwards, and the opening of the ark—in the side thereof, shalt thou put, —with lower, second and third stories, shalt thou make it.

17 For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.

And, I, behold me! bringing in the flood—even waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh wherein is the spirit of life, from under the heavens, —everything that is in the earth, shall cease to breathe:

18 But with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

therefore will I establish my covenant with thee, —and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives, with thee.

19 And you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.

Moreover of all the living creatures of all flesh—two of each, shalt thou bring into the ark to keep alive with thee, —male and female, shall they be.

20 Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.

Of the bird after its kind and of the beast after its kind, [and] of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each, shall come in unto thee. for keeping alive.

21 And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.

But thou, take to thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it unto thee, —and it shall be for thee and for them for food.

22 And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.

And Noah did [so], —according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

The World is Destroyed by Water