Genesis 6

1 And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,

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

2 the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose.

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.

3 And God said: “My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

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.

4 Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they conceived, these became the powerful ones of ancient times, men of renown.

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.

5 Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times,

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

6 repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart,

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

7 he said, “I will eliminate man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man to other living things, from animals even to the flying things of the air. For it grieves me that I have made them.”

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.

8 Yet truly, Noah found grace before the Lord.

But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.

9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man, and yet he was predominate among his generations, for he walked with God.

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

10 And he conceived three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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

11 Yet the earth was corrupted before the eyes of God, and it was filled with iniquity.

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

12 And when God had seen that the earth had been corrupted, (indeed, all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth)

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

13 he said to Noah: “The end of all flesh has arrived in my sight. The earth has been filled with iniquity by their presence, and I will destroy them, along with the earth.

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.

14 Make yourself an ark from smoothed wood. You shall make little dwelling places in the ark, and you shall smear pitch on the interior and exterior.

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

15 And thus shall you make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

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.

16 You shall make a window in the ark, and you shall complete it within a cubit of the top. Then you shall set the door of the ark at its side. You shall make in it: a lower part, upper rooms, and a third level.

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.

17 Behold, I shall bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, so as to put to death all flesh in which there is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are on the earth shall be consumed.

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.

18 And I shall establish my covenant with you, and you shall enter the ark, you and your sons, your wife and the wives of your sons with you.

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.

19 And from every living thing of all that is flesh, you shall lead pairs into the ark, so that they may survive with you: from the male sex and the female,

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.

20 from birds, according to their kind, and from beasts, in their kind, and from among all animals on earth, according to their kind; pairs from each shall enter with you, so that they may be able to live.

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.

21 Therefore, you shall take with you from all the foods that are able to be eaten, and you shall carry these with you. And these shall be used as food, some for you, and the rest for them.”

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

22 And so Noah did all things just as God had instructed him.

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

The World is Destroyed by Water