Genesis 6

1 When people began to become very numerous all over the earth, and many daughters were born to them,

and to be for to profane/begin: begin [the] man to/for to multiply upon face: surface [the] land: soil and daughter to beget to/for them

2 some of the men who (belonged to/believed in) God saw that some of the women who did not (belong to/believe in) God were very beautiful. So they took whichever ones they chose to become their wives.

and to see: see son: type of [the] God [obj] daughter [the] man for pleasant they(fem.) and to take: marry to/for them woman: wife from all which to choose

3 Then Yahweh said, “[I will] not [allow] my Spirit to keep people alive forever (OR, the breath of life will not remain in people forever). They will die eventually. They will live not more than 120 years before they die (OR, there will be only 120 more years before they die).”

and to say LORD not to judge spirit my in/on/with man to/for forever: enduring in/on/with which/that also he/she/it flesh and to be day his hundred and twenty year

4 There were [giants called] Nephils who lived on the earth at that time and later. During that time [some of the Nephil] men who (belonged to/believed in) God had sex [EUP] with women who did not (belong to/believe in) God, and they gave birth to children. The Nephils were considered to be heroic fighters, and they became famous.

[the] Nephilim to be in/on/with land: country/planet in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) and also after so which to come (in): come son: type of [the] God to(wards) daughter [the] man and to beget to/for them they(masc.) [the] mighty man which from forever: antiquity human [the] name

5 Yahweh saw that people on the earth had become very wicked, and that everything they thought about evil things continually.

and to see: see LORD for many distress: evil [the] man in/on/with land: country/planet and all intention plot heart his except bad: evil all [the] day: daily

6 Yahweh was sorry that he had made people.

and to be sorry: relent LORD for to make [obj] [the] man in/on/with land: country/planet and to hurt to(wards) heart his

7 So he said, “I will completely destroy the people I made. I will also destroy all the animals and the creatures that scurry across the ground and the birds. None of them will remain on the earth, because I regret that I made them.”

and to say LORD to wipe [obj] [the] man which to create from upon face: surface [the] land: soil from man till animal till creeping and till bird [the] heaven for to be sorry: relent for to make them

8 But Yahweh was pleased with Noah.

and Noah to find favor in/on/with eye LORD

9 This is why: Noah was a man who always acted in a righteous way. No one who lived at that time could criticize him about anything. Noah lived in close fellowship with God.

these generation Noah Noah man righteous unblemished: blameless to be in/on/with generation his with [the] God to go: walk Noah

10 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

and to beget Noah three son: child [obj] Shem [obj] Ham and [obj] Japheth

11 At that time God considered that everyone else on earth was very wicked, and everywhere on the earth, people [MTY] were acting cruelly and violently toward each other.

and to ruin [the] land: country/planet to/for face: before [the] God and to fill [the] land: country/planet violence

12 God was dismayed when he saw how evil people [MTY] were, because everyone (OR, all living creatures) had begun to behave in an evil way.

and to see: see God [obj] [the] land: country/planet and behold to ruin for to ruin all flesh [obj] way: conduct his upon [the] land: country/planet

13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy everyone, because all over the earth people are acting violently toward each other. So I am about to get rid of them as well as everything else on the earth.

and to say God to/for Noah end all flesh to come (in): fulfill to/for face: before my for to fill [the] land: country/planet violence from face: because their and look! I to ruin them with [the] land: country/planet

14 [I want you to] make for yourself a large boat from cypress wood. Make rooms inside it. Cover the outside and the inside with tar [to make it (waterproof/so that water cannot get in and sink the boat]).

to make to/for you ark tree: wood gopher nest to make [obj] [the] ark and to cover [obj] her from house: inside and from outside in/on/with pitch

15 This is the size you must make it: It shall be (150 yards/135 meters) long, (25 yards/22.5 meters) wide, and (15 yards/13.5 meters) high.

and this which to make [obj] her three hundred cubit length [the] ark fifty cubit width her and thirty cubit height her

16 Make a roof for the boat. Leave a space of about (18 in./.5 meter) between the sides and the roof to let air and light enter (OR, the middle of the roof should be 18 inches higher than the sides). Build the boat with three decks inside, and put a door in one side.

roof to make to/for ark and to(wards) cubit to end: finish her from to/for above [to] and entrance [the] ark in/on/with side her to set: make lower second and third to make: do her

17 Listen carefully! I am about to cause a flood to occur that will destroy every creature that lives beneath the sky. Everything on the earth will die.

and I behold I to come (in): bring [obj] [the] flood water upon [the] land: country/planet to/for to ruin all flesh which in/on/with him spirit: breath life from underneath: under [the] heaven all which in/on/with land: country/planet to die

18 But I will make an agreement with you(sg): You and your wife, your sons and their wives will enter the boat.

and to arise: establish [obj] covenant my with you and to come (in): come to(wards) [the] ark you(m. s.) and son: child your and woman: wife your and woman: wife son: child your with you

19 And I want to save some of all kinds of creatures. So you must also bring two of all living creatures, a male and a female, into the boat with you, so that their species also may remain alive.

and from all [the] alive from all flesh two from all to come (in): come to(wards) [the] ark to/for to live with you male and female to be

20 Two of every kind of creature will come to [in order that by your putting them in the boat] you will keep them alive. They will include two of each kind of bird and each kind of animal and each kind of creature that scurries across the ground.

from [the] bird to/for kind his and from [the] animal to/for kind her from all creeping [the] land: soil to/for kind his two from all to come (in): come to(wards) you to/for to live

21 You must also take some of every kind of food that you and all these animals will need, and store it in the boat.”

and you(m. s.) to take: take to/for you from all food which to eat and to gather to(wards) you and to be to/for you and to/for them to/for food

22 So Noah did everything that God told him to do.

and to make: do Noah like/as all which to command [obj] him God so to make: do

The World is Destroyed by Water