¹ And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,

^{2 Ref} and sons of God see the daughters of men that they `are' fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.

^{3 Ref} And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man -- to the age; in their erring they `are' flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.

^{4 Ref} The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them -- they `are' the heroes, who, from of old, `are' the men of name.

^{5 Ref} And Jehovah seeth that abundant `is' the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;

^{6 Ref} and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself -- unto His heart.

^{7 Ref} And Jehovah saith, `I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'

^{8 Ref} And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.

^{9 Ref} These `are' births of Noah: Noah `is' a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.

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

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

^{12 Ref} And God seeth the earth, and lo, it hath been corrupted, for all flesh hath corrupted its way on the earth.

^{13 Ref} And God said to Noah, `An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth.

^{14 Ref} `Make for thyself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms dost thou make with the ark, and thou hast covered it within and without with cypress;

^{15 Ref} and this `is' that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits `is' the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;

^{16 Ref} a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, -- lower, second, and third `stories' dost thou make it.

^{17 Ref} `And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which `is' a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that `is' in the earth doth expire.

^{18 Ref} `And I have established My covenant with thee, and thou hast come in unto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy son's wives with thee;

^{19 Ref} and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every `sort' thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they.

^{20 Ref} Of the fowl after its kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every `sort' they come in unto thee, to keep alive.

^{21 Ref} `And thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.'

^{22 Ref} And Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.

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.