6:1 When mankind1 began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,2 6:2 the sons of God3 saw that their4 daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives from any that they chose. 6:3 So the LORD said, My Spirit will not always protect5 mankindhis days will be a hundred and twenty years.6
6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after this7) when the sons of God had sexual relations with8 the daughters of man9 and they gave birth to them.10 They were the mighty heroes11 of old, the famous men.12
6:5 But the LORD saw13 that the wickedness of mankind had become great on the earth, and that every inclination14 of the thoughts 15 of their16 hearts was only evil17 all the time. 6:6 And the LORD was grieved18 that he had made mankind on the earth, and it brought pain19 to His heart. 6:7 So the LORD said, I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the eartheverything from mankind to animals,20 including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I am grieved that I have made them.
6:8 But21 Noah found grace22 in the eyes of23 the LORD.
The Judgment of the Flood6:9 This is the account of Noah.
Noah was a wholly righteous man in his generations.24
He25 walked with God. 6:10 Noah had26 three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth.
6:11 The earth27 had become corrupt28 before29 God; the earth was full of violence.30 6:12 And God saw the earth, and indeed31 it was corrupt, for all flesh32 had corrupted their ways on the earth. 6:13 So God said33 to Noah, The end of all flesh is coming34 before me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy35 them and the earth. 6:14 Make36 for yourself an ark of cypress37 wood; make rooms in the ark; and cover38 it with pitch inside and out. 6:15 This is how you will make it: the ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.39 6:16 Make a roof for the ark, and finish it leaving 18 inches40 from the top.41 Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle and upper decks. 6:17 I am about to bring42 the flood of water43on the earth to destroy44 all flesh that is in it, every creature that has the breath of life,45 from under the heavens. Everything that is on the earth will perish. 6:18 But I will establish46 my covenant with you, and you must enter the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons wives with you. 6:19 You must bring into the ark two of every living creature from all flesh,47 male and female, to keep them alive48 with you. 6:20 Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after their kinds, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.49 6:21 And you must take50 for yourself every kind of food51 that is eaten,52 and gather it together;53 it will be food for you and for them.54
6:22 And Noah did according to all that God commanded himhe did indeed.55