Genesis 6

1 People started to increase in number and spread out across the earth. Daughters were born to them,

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

2 and the sons of God saw that these women were beautiful, and they took whichever ones they wanted.

that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.

3 Then the Lord said, “My life-giving Spirit will not remain in these people forever, because they are only mortal. The time they have left will be 120 years.”

And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

4 There were giants on earth in those days, and also later on. They were born after the sons of God slept with the daughters of these people. Their sons became the great warriors and famous men of ancient times.

In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne [children] to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.

5 The Lord saw how terribly evil people on earth had become—every single thought in their minds was evil all the time!

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.

6 The Lord was sorry he'd made human beings to live on the earth; it made him very sad to think about it.

And Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

7 So the Lord said, “I'm going to wipe out these people I created from the earth, and not only them but also the animals, the creatures that run along the ground, and the birds, because I'm sorry I made them.”

And Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth — from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.

8 But the Lord was pleased with Noah.

But Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah.

9 This is the story of Noah and his family. Noah was a man of integrity, living a moral life among the people of his time. He had a close relationship with God.

This is the history of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect amongst his generations: Noah walked with God.

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

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

11 God saw how corrupt the whole world had become, full of violent and lawless people.

And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was full of violence.

12 God recognized that the corruption in the world was due to everyone on earth living corrupt lives.

And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.

13 So God told Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all people on earth because they are all violent and lawless. I myself am going to destroy all of them, along with the earth.

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

14 Build an ark out of cypress wood. Make rooms inside the ark, and coat it with tar, both inside and out.

Make thyself an ark of gopher wood: [with] cells shalt thou make the ark; and pitch it inside and outside with pitch.

15 This is how to build it: the ark is to measure 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

And thus shalt thou make it: let the length of the ark be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

16 Make a roof for the ark, leaving a cubit-wide opening between the roof and the top of the sides. Put a door in the side of the ark, and construct three decks inside.

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

17 I myself am going to flood the earth with water that will destroy everything that breathes, Every living thing everywhere on earth will die.

For I, behold, I bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh under the heavens in which is the breath of life: everything that is on the earth shall expire.

18 But I will keep my agreement with you. You are to go into the ark, taking with you your wife and your sons and their wives.

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

19 Take a pair, male and female, of every kind of animal into the ark and make sure you keep them alive.

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 The same applies to every kind of bird, livestock, and the creatures that run along the ground—a pair of every kind will come to you so they can be kept alive.

Of fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each shall go in to thee, to keep [them] alive.

21 Take all kinds of food with you too. Store it so you and the animals will have enough to eat.”

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

22 Noah did exactly what God ordered him to do.

And Noah did it; according to all that God had commanded him, so did he.

The World is Destroyed by Water