Genesis 6

1 And whanne men bigunnen to be multiplied on erthe, and hadden gendrid douytris,

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 the sones of God seiyen the douytris of men that thei weren faire, and token wyues to hem of alle whiche thei hadden chose.

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 And God seide, My spirit schal not dwelle in man with outen ende, for he is fleisch; and the daies of hym schulen be an hundrid and twenti yeer.

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 Sotheli giauntis weren on erthe in tho daies, forsothe aftir that the sones of God entriden to the douytris of men, and tho douytris gendriden; these weren myyti of the world and famouse men.

[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 Sotheli God seiy that myche malice of men was in erthe, and that al the thouyt of herte was ententif to yuel in al tyme,

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 and repentide him that he hadde maad man in erthe; and God was war bifore ayens tyme to comyng, and was touchid with sorewe of herte with ynne;

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 and seide, Y schal do awei man, whom Y made of nouyt, fro the face of the erthe, fro man til to lyuynge thingis, fro crepynge beeste til to the briddis of heuene; for it repentith me that Y made hem.

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 Forsothe Noe foond grace bifore the Lord.

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

9 These ben the generaciouns of Noe. Noe was a iust man and perfit in hise generaciouns; Noe yede 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 and gendride thre sones, Sem, Cam, and Jafeth.

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

11 Forsothe the erthe was corrupt bifore God, and was fillid with wickidnes.

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

12 And whanne God seiy, that the erthe was corrupt, for ech fleisch ether man hadde corrupt his weie on erthe,

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 he seide to Noe, The ende of al fleisch is comen bifore me; the erthe is fillid with wickidnesse of the face of hem, and Y schal distrye hem with the erthe.

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 Make thou to thee a schip of trees hewun and planed; thou schalt make dwellynge placis in the schip, and thou schalt anoynte it with pitche with ynne and with outforth.

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 And so thou schalt make it. The lengthe of the schip schal be of thre hundrid cubitis, the brede schal be of fifti cubitis, and the hiynesse therof schal be of thretti cubitis.

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

16 Thou schalt make a wyndow in the schip, and thou schalt ende the hiynesse therof in a cubite; sotheli thou schalt sette the dore of the schip in the side binethe; thou shalt make soleris and placis of thre chaumbris in the schip.

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 Lo! Y schal brynge `watris of diluuye ether greet flood on erthe, and Y schal sle ech fleisch in which is the spirit of lijf vndir heuene, and alle thingis that ben in erthe, schulen be wastid.

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 And Y schal sette my couenaunt of pees with thee; and thou schalt entre in to the schip, and thy sones, and thi wijf, and the wiues of thi sones schulen entre with thee.

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 of alle lyuynge beestis of al fleisch thou schalt brynge in to the schip tweyne and tweyne, of male kynde and female, that thei lyue with thee;

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 of briddis bi her kynde, and of werk beestis in her kynde, and of ech crepynge beeste of erthe, by her kynde; tweyne and tweyne of alle schulen entre with thee, that thei moun lyue.

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 Therfore thou schalt take with thee of alle metis that moun be etun, and thou schalt bere to gidre at thee, and tho schulen be as well to thee as to the beestis in to mete.

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 Therfor Noe dide alle thingis whiche God comaundide to hym.

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

The World is Destroyed by Water