[1] It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground,
and daughters were born to them, [2] that God`s sons saw that men`s
daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that
they chose. [3] 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] 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] 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] Yahweh was sorry that
he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart. [7] 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] But Noah found favor in Yahweh`s
eyes. [9] 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] Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[11] The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with
violence. [12] God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all
flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. [13] 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] Make an ark
of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ark, and shall seal it inside
and outside with pitch. [15] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] Thus Noah did. According to all that God commanded him, so
he did.
