1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face
of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That
the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair;
and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And
the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh:
yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There
were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of
God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to
them, the same became mighty men which were of
old, men of renown.
5 And
GOD 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 And
it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at
his heart.
7 And
the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the
earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air;
for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8 But
Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9 These are the
generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah
walked with God.
10 And
Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The
earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And
God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had
corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 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 Make
thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch
it within and without with pitch.
15 And
this is the fashion which
thou shalt make 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.
16 A
window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above;
and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower,
second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
17 And,
behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all
flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every
thing that is in the
earth shall die.
18 But
with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou,
and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
19 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 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 come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And
take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to
thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
