Genesis 6

1 And it happened, when humankind began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

cumque coepissent homines multiplicari super terram et filias procreassent

2 that God's sons saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful, and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

videntes filii Dei filias eorum quod essent pulchrae acceperunt uxores sibi ex omnibus quas elegerant

3 And God said, "My Spirit will not remain in humankind forever, since he is indeed flesh; yet his days will be one hundred twenty years."

dixitque Deus non permanebit spiritus meus in homine in aeternum quia caro est eruntque dies illius centum viginti annorum

4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after that), when the sons of God had sexual relations with the daughters of humankind and had children by them. They were the mighty men who were from ancient times, famous men.

gigantes autem erant super terram in diebus illis postquam enim ingressi sunt filii Dei ad filias hominum illaeque genuerunt isti sunt potentes a saeculo viri famosi

5 And God saw that the wickedness of humankind was great on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

videns autem Deus quod multa malitia hominum esset in terra et cuncta cogitatio cordis intenta esset ad malum omni tempore

6 God was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was grieved in his heart.

paenituit eum quod hominem fecisset in terra et tactus dolore cordis intrinsecus

7 God said, "I will destroy humankind whom I have created from the face of the earth; humankind, along with animals, crawling creatures, and flying creatures of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."

delebo inquit hominem quem creavi a facie terrae ab homine usque ad animantia a reptili usque ad volucres caeli paenitet enim me fecisse eos

8 But Noah found favor in the sight of God.

Noe vero invenit gratiam coram Domino

9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

hae generationes Noe Noe vir iustus atque perfectus fuit in generationibus suis cum Deo ambulavit

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

et genuit tres filios Sem Ham et Iafeth

11 The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

corrupta est autem terra coram Deo et repleta est iniquitate

12 God saw the earth, and look, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

cumque vidisset Deus terram esse corruptam omnis quippe caro corruperat viam suam super terram

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 look, I will destroy them with the earth.

dixit ad Noe finis universae carnis venit coram me repleta est terra iniquitate a facie eorum et ego disperdam eos cum terra

14 Make a box-shaped ship of gopher wood. You are to make rooms in the ship, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.

fac tibi arcam de lignis levigatis mansiunculas in arca facies et bitumine linies intrinsecus et extrinsecus

15 And this is how you are to make it. The length of the ship is to be five hundred seventeen feet, its breadth eighty-six feet, and its height fifty-two feet.

et sic facies eam trecentorum cubitorum erit longitudo arcae quinquaginta cubitorum latitudo et triginta cubitorum altitudo illius

16 And you are to make a roof in the ship, and you are to finish it twenty-one inches above. And you are to set the door of the ship in its side. You are to make it with lower, second, and third levels.

fenestram in arca facies et in cubito consummabis summitatem ostium autem arcae pones ex latere deorsum cenacula et tristega facies in ea

17 And as for me, look, I am bringing a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is on the earth will die.

ecce ego adducam diluvii aquas super terram ut interficiam omnem carnem in qua spiritus vitae est subter caelum universa quae in terra sunt consumentur

18 But I will establish my covenant with you. You are to come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

ponamque foedus meum tecum et ingredieris arcam tu et filii tui uxor tua et uxores filiorum tuorum tecum

19 Of every living thing of all flesh, you are to bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.

et ex cunctis animantibus universae carnis bina induces in arcam ut vivant tecum masculini sexus et feminini

20 Of the flying creatures after their kind, of the animals after their kind, and of every crawling creature of the ground after their kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.

de volucribus iuxta genus suum et de iumentis in genere suo et ex omni reptili terrae secundum genus suum bina de omnibus ingredientur tecum ut possint vivere

21 And as for you, take for yourself all the kinds of food that are eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be food for you, and for them."

tolles igitur tecum ex omnibus escis quae mandi possunt et conportabis apud te et erunt tam tibi quam illis in cibum

22 Thus Noah did. According to all that God commanded him, so he did.

fecit ergo Noe omnia quae praeceperat illi Deus

The World is Destroyed by Water