Genesis 6

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

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

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

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

3 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.

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.

4 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.

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.

5 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.

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,

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

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

7 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.

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.

8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

But Noe found grace before the Lord.

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

These are the generations of Noe: Noe was a just and perfect man in his generations, he walked with God.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 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.

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.

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

Make thee an ark of timber planks: thou shalt make little rooms in the ark, and thou shalt pitch it within and without.

15 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.

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.

16 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.

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.

17 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.

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.

18 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.

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.

19 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.

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.

20 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.

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.

21 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.

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.

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

And Noe did all things which God commanded him.

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