Genesis 6

1 And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

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

2 The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all whom they chose.

3 And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

4 There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore [children] to them: the same [became] mighty men, who [were] of old, men of renown.

5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

And God saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually.

6 And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart.

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

7 And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created, from the face of the earth, both man and beast, and the creeping animal, and the fowls of the air; for I repent that I have made them.

8 But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.

These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man, [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God.

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

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

11 And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.

The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.

12 And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.

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

13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.

And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them: and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

14 Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.

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

15 And this is the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

And this [is the fashion] 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.

16 You are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: [with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.

17 For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.

And behold, I, even I do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, in which [is] the breath of life, from under heaven: [and] every thing that [is] on the earth shall die.

18 But with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

But with thee will I establish my covenant: and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

19 And you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee: they shall be male and female.

20 Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.

Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping animal of the earth after its kind, two of every [sort] shall come to thee, to keep [them] alive.

21 And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.

And take thou to thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather [it] to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

22 And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.

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

The World is Destroyed by Water