Gen6:1 Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
Gen6:2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
Gen6:3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."
Gen6:4 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. Those were the mighty men who [were] of old, men of renown.
Gen6:5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen6:6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
Gen6:7 And the LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."
Gen6:8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
Gen6:9 These are [the records of] the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.
Gen6:10 And Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen6:11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Gen6:12 And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
Gen6:13 Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.
Gen6:14 "Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch.
Gen6:15 "And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
Gen6:16 "You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
Gen6:17 "And behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.
Gen6:18 "But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark-- you and your sons and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Gen6:19 "And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every [kind] into the ark, to keep [them] alive with you; they shall be male and female.
Gen6:20 "Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every [kind] shall come to you to keep [them] alive.
Gen6:21 "And as for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather [it] to yourself; and it shall be for food for you and for them."
Gen6:22 Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.