The Wickedness and Judgment of Man
1 Now it came to pass,when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,
2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that theywerebeautiful; and theytook wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
3 And theLordsaid,“My Spirit shall notstrive with man forever,for heisindeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”
4 There were giants on the earth in thosedays, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they borechildrento them. Thosewerethe mighty men whowereof old, men of renown.
5 Then theLordsaw that the wickedness of manwasgreat in the earth, andthateveryintent of the thoughts of his heartwasonly evil continually.
6 AndtheLordwas sorry that He had made man on the earth, andHe was grieved in Hisheart.
7 So theLordsaid, “I willdestroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”
8 But Noahfound grace in the eyes of theLord.
Noah Pleases God
9 This is the genealogy of Noah.Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noahwalked with God.
10 And Noah begot three sons:Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corruptbefore God, and the earth wasfilled with violence.
12 So Godlooked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; forall flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
The Ark Prepared
13 And God said to Noah,“The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them;and behold,I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.
15 And this is how you shall make it: The length of the arkshallbethree hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
16 You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make itwithlower, second, and thirddecks.
17 And behold, I Myself am bringingfloodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in whichisthe breath of life; everything thatison the earth shalldie.
18 But I will establish Mycovenant with you; andyou shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bringtwo of everysortinto the ark, to keepthemalive with you; they shall be male and female.
20 Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of everykindwill come to you to keepthemalive.
21 And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gatheritto yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”
22 Thus Noah did;according to all thatGod commanded him, so he did.