Genesis 6

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

And it comes to pass that mankind has begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,

2 The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all which they chose.

and the sons of God see that they, the daughters of men, [are] beautiful, and they take women for themselves of all whom they have chosen.

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 YHWH says, “My Spirit does not strive in man for all time, for indeed, he [is] flesh, but his days have been one 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.

The giants were in the earth in those days, and even afterward, when sons of God come in to the daughters of men, and they have borne to them those who [were] the mighty from of old, the men of renown.

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 YHWH sees that the wickedness of man [is] abundant in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [is] only evil every day;

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

and YHWH regrets that He has made man in the earth, and He grieves Himself—to 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 YHWH says, “I wipe away man whom I have created from off the face of the ground, from man to beast, to creeping thing, and to bird of the heavens, for I have regretted that I have made them.”

8 But Noe found grace before the Lord.

And Noah found grace in the eyes of YHWH.

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 [is] a righteous man; he has been perfect among his generations; Noah has habitually walked with God.

10 And he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.

And Noah begets three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 And the earth was corrupted before God, and was filled with iniquity.

And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled [with] violence.

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

And God sees the earth, and behold, it has been corrupted, for all flesh has corrupted its way 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, “An end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth has been full of violence from their presence; and behold, I am destroying 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 an ark of gopher-wood for yourself; you make rooms within the Ark, and you have covered it from inside and from outside with pitch;

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] how you do it: three hundred cubits [is] the length of the Ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;

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 make a window for the Ark, and you finish it to a cubit from above; and you put the opening of the Ark in its side; you make it [with] lower, second, and third [stories].

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.

And I, behold, I am bringing in the flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under the heavens all flesh in which [is] a living spirit; all that [is] in the earth expires.

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.

And I have established My covenant with you, and you have come into the Ark—you, and your sons, and your wife, and your son’s 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 of all that lives, of all flesh, you bring two from every [kind] into the Ark, to keep alive with you; they are 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.

From the bird after its kind, and from the livestock after its kind, [and] from every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every [kind] they come to you, to keep alive.

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 you, take for yourself from all food that is eaten; and you have gathered [it] to yourself, and it has been for you and for them for food.”

22 And Noe did all things which God commanded him.

And Noah does according to all that God has commanded him; so he has done.

The World is Destroyed by Water