Genesis 6

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

Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,

2 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.

the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

3 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.”

So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”

4 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.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

5 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;

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

6 and YHWH regrets that He has made man in the earth, and He grieves Himself—to His heart.

And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

7 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.”

So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

8 And Noah found grace in the eyes of YHWH.

Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

9 These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah [is] a righteous man; he has been perfect among his generations; Noah has habitually walked with God.

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

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

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

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

Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

12 And God sees the earth, and behold, it has been corrupted, for all flesh has corrupted its way on the earth.

And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

13 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.

Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

14 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;

Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

15 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;

And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

16 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].

You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

17 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.

And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

18 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;

But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

19 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.

And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

20 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.

Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

21 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.”

You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”

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

So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

The World is Destroyed by Water