¹ It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

^{2 Ref} that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.

^{3 Ref} Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."

^{4 Ref} The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came to men's daughters. They bore children to them: the same were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

^{5 Ref} Yahweh 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.

^{6 Ref} Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

^{7 Ref} Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."

^{8 Ref} But Noah found favor in Yahweh's eyes.

^{9 Ref} This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

^{10 Ref} Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

^{11 Ref} The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

^{12 Ref} God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

^{13 Ref} God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

^{14 Ref} Make an ark of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ark, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.

^{15 Ref} This is how you shall make it. The length of the ark will be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

^{16 Ref} You shall make a roof in the ark, and to a cubit shall you finish it upward. You shall set the door of the ark in the side of it. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.

^{17 Ref} I, even, I do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.

^{18 Ref} But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.

^{19 Ref} Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.

^{20 Ref} Of the birds after their kind, of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.

^{21 Ref} Take with you of all food that is eaten, and gather it to you; and it will be for food for you, and for them."

^{22 Ref} Thus Noah did. According to all that God commanded him, so he did.

¹ And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,

^{2 Ref} that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

^{3 Ref} And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

^{4 Ref} The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

^{5 Ref} 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.

^{6 Ref} And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

^{7 Ref} And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

^{8 Ref} But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.

^{9 Ref} These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, `and' perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.

^{10 Ref} And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

^{11 Ref} And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

^{12 Ref} And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

^{13 Ref} And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

^{14 Ref} Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

^{15 Ref} And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

^{16 Ref} A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

^{17 Ref} And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon this earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die.

^{18 Ref} But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

^{19 Ref} 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 Ref} Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

^{21 Ref} And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

^{22 Ref} Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.