| Gen. 6:1 |
And when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, |
| Gen. 6:2 |
The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose. |
| Gen. 6:3 |
And Jehovah said, My Spirit will not strive with man forever, for he indeed is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years. |
| Gen. 6:4 |
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these were the mighty men who were of old the men of renown. |
| Gen. 6:5 |
And Jehovah 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. |
| Gen. 6:6 |
And Jehovah repented that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him in His heart. |
| Gen. 6:7 |
And Jehovah said, I will blot out the man whom I have created from the surface of the ground, from man to beast to creeping things to the birds of heaven; for I repent that I have made them. |
| Gen. 6:8 |
But Noah found favor in the sight of Jehovah. |
| Gen. 6:9 |
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generations; [and] Noah walked with God. |
| Gen. 6:10 |
And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. |
| Gen. 6:11 |
And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. |
| Gen. 6:12 |
And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth. |
| Gen. 6:13 |
And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and now I am about to destroy them with the earth. |
| Gen. 6:14 |
Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make rooms in the ark and shall cover it within and without with pitch. |
| Gen. 6:15 |
And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. |
| Gen. 6:16 |
You shall make an opening for light for the ark, and you shall finish it up to a cubit from the top; and you shall put the entrance of the ark in its side; you shall make it with lower, second, and third [stories.] |
| Gen. 6:17 |
And now I am about to bring a flood of water upon the earth to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. |
| Gen. 6:18 |
But 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. |
| Gen. 6:19 |
And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every [kind] you shall bring into the ark to preserve [them] alive with you; they shall be male and female. |
| Gen. 6:20 |
Of the birds according to their kind and of the cattle according to their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every [kind] will come to you in order to preserve [them] alive. |
| Gen. 6:21 |
And for your part, take some of every [kind] of food that is edible, and gather [it] to yourself, and it will be for food for you and for them. |
| Gen. 6:22 |
And Noah did [this;] according to all that God commanded him, so he did. |