Chapter 6

And it came to pass, when men began⁵² to multiply² on the face of the earth, and daughters were born²⁷ unto them,

That the sons of God saw⁴ the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took⁴ them wives of all which they chose.¹

And the LORD said,⁴ My spirit shall not always strive⁴ with man, for that he also [is] flesh: ^{7683 2} yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in⁴ unto the daughters of men, and they bare¹ [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.

And GOD saw⁴ that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually.

And it repented¹¹ the LORD that he had made¹ man on the earth, and it grieved¹⁰¹ him at his heart.

And the LORD said,⁴ I will destroy⁴ man whom I have created¹ from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth⁸ me that I have made¹ them.

But Noah found¹ grace in the eyes of the LORD.

These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked⁹⁸ with God.

And Noah begat⁵⁵ three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

The earth also was corrupt¹¹ before God, and the earth was filled¹¹ with violence.

And God looked⁴ upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt;⁸ for all flesh had corrupted⁵² his way upon the earth.

And God said⁴ unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come¹ before me; for the earth is filled¹ with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy⁵⁶ them with the earth.

Make³ thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make⁴ in the ark, and shalt pitch¹ it within and without with pitch.

And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make⁴ it [of]: The length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

A window shalt thou make⁴ to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish¹⁷ it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set⁴ in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make⁴ it.

And, behold, I, even I, do bring⁵⁶ a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy¹⁵ all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life, from under heaven; [and] every thing that [is] in the earth shall die.⁴

But with thee will I establish⁵² my covenant; and thou shalt come¹ into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every [sort] shalt thou bring⁵⁵ into the ark, to keep [them] alive⁵³ with thee; they shall be male and female.

Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every [sort] shall come⁴ unto thee, to keep [them] alive.⁵³

And take³ thou unto thee of all food that is eaten,¹¹ and thou shalt gather¹ [it] to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

Thus did⁴ Noah; according to all that God commanded¹⁴ him, so did¹ he.