Genesis 6

1 And after that 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 the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which 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 for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall be a 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 brought forth children, these are the mighty men of old, 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 And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent 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 It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with 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 destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth 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 But Noe found grace before the Lord.

But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.

9 These are the generations of Noe: Noe was a just and perfect man in his generations, 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 begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.

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

11 And the earth was corrupted before God, and 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 was corrupted (for 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 Noe: The end of all flesh is come before me, the earth is filled with iniquity through them, and I will destroy them 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 thee an ark of timber planks: thou shalt make little rooms in the ark, and thou shalt pitch it within and without.

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 shalt thou 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.

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 Thou shalt make a window in the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish the top of it: and the door of the ark thou shalt set in the side: with lower, middle chambers, and third stories shalt thou make it.

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 will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, under heaven. All things that are in 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 will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and the wives of thy sons with thee.

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 of every living creature of all flesh, thou shalt bring two of a sort into the ark, that they may live with thee: of 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 Of fowls according to their kind, and of beasts in their kind, and of every thing that creepeth on the earth according to its kind; two of every sort shall go in with thee, that they may 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 Thou shalt take unto thee of all food that may be eaten, and thou shalt lay it up with thee: and it shall be food for thee and them.

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

22 And Noe did all things which God commanded him.

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

The World is Destroyed by Water