Genesis 6
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And it came about that men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and
daughters were born to them. 2 The sons of God saw the daughters of men, that
they were good, and they took wives for themselves from all those whom they
chose. 3 And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man; in their
erring he is flesh. And his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. 4 The
giants were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when the sons of God
came in to the daughters of men, and they bore to them; they were heroes which
existed from ancient time, the men of name. 5 And Jehovah saw that the evil of
man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart
was only evil all the day long. 6 And Jehovah repented that He had made man on
the earth, and He was grieved to His heart. 7 And Jehovah said, I will wipe off
man whom I have created from the face of the earth, from man to beast, to the
creeping thing and to the birds of the heavens; for I repent that I made them.
8 And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah. 9 These are the generations of
Noah. Noah, a righteous man, had been perfected among his family. Noah walked
with God. 10 And Noah fathered three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 And the
earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And
God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupted. For all flesh had
corrupted its way on the earth. 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 along with the earth. 14 Make an ark of cyprus
timbers for yourself. You shall make rooms in the ark; and you shall cover it
with asphalt inside and out. 15 And you shall make it this way: The length of
the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height
thirty cubits. 16 You shall make a window in the ark, and you shall finish it
above to a cubit. And you shall set the door of the ark in its side. You shall
make it with lower, second, and third stories. 17 And behold, I, even I, am
bringing a flood of waters on the earth in order to destroy all flesh in which
is the breath of life from under the heavens. Everything which is on the earth
shall die. 18 And I will establish My covenant with you. And you shall come
into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you. 19
And you shall bring into the ark two of every kind, of every living thing of
all flesh, to keep alive with you; they shall be male and female; 20 from the
birds according to its kind, and from the cattle according to its kind, from
every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. Two from each shall
come in to you to keep alive. 21 And take for yourself all food that is eaten,
and gather to yourself. And let it be for you and for them for food. 22 And
Noah did so, according to all that God commanded him, so he did.