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CHAPTER 6

Now

when

men

began

to multiply

on

the face

of the earth

and daughters

were born

to them,

the sons

of God

saw that

the daughters

of men

were beautiful,

and they took

as wives

whomever

they chose.

So the LORD

said,

“My Spirit

will not

contend

with man

forever,

for

he is

mortal;

his days

shall be

120

years.”

The Nephilim

were

on the earth

in those days,

and

afterward as well,

when

the sons

of God

had relations with

the daughters

of men.

And they bore

them

children who

became the mighty men

of old,

men of renown.

Then the LORD

saw

that

the wickedness

of man

was great

upon the earth,

and that every

inclination

of the thoughts

of his heart

was altogether

evil

all

the time.

And the LORD

regretted

that

He had made

man

on the earth,

and it grieved Him

in

His heart.

So the LORD

said,

“I will blot out

man,

whom

I have created,

from

the face

of the earth—

every man

and

beast

and

crawling creature

and bird

of the air—

for

I am grieved

that

I have made them.”

Noah, however,

found

favor

in the eyes

of the LORD.

This is

the account

of Noah.

Noah

was

a righteous man,

blameless

in his generation;

Noah

walked

with

God.

And

Noah

had

three

sons:

Shem,

Ham,

and Japheth.

Now the earth

was corrupt

in the sight

of God,

and

full

of violence.

And God

looked

upon the earth

and saw that

it was corrupt;

for

all

living creatures

on

the earth

had corrupted

their ways.

Then God

said

to Noah,

“The end

of all

living creatures

has come

before Me,

because

through them

the earth

is full of

violence.

Now behold,

I will destroy both them

and

the earth.

Make

for yourself

an ark

of gopher

wood;

make

rooms

in

the ark

and coat it with pitch

inside

and out.

And this

is how

you are to build

it:

The ark

is to be 300

cubits

long,

50

cubits

wide,

and 30

cubits

high.

You are to make

a roof

for the ark,

finish its walls

a cubit

from the top,

place

a door

in the side

of the ark,

and build

lower,

middle,

and upper decks.

And

behold,

I will bring

floodwaters

upon

the earth,

to destroy

every

creature

under

the heavens

that has

the breath

of life.

Everything

on the earth

will perish.

But I will establish

My covenant

with you,

and you will enter

the ark—

you

and your sons

and your wife

and your sons’

wives

with you.

And

you are to bring

two

of every

living thing

into

the ark—

male

and female—

to keep them alive

with you.

Two

of every kind

of

bird

and animal

and

crawling creature

will come

to you

to be kept alive.

You are also

to take

for yourself

every kind

of food

that

is eaten

and gather it

as food for yourselves

and for the animals.”

So Noah

did

everything

precisely as

God

had commanded

him.

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