Genesis 6

CHAPTER 6

1And when men began to be multiplied on [the] earth, and had begat daughters,

2the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took wives to them of all which they had chosen.

3And God said, My spirit shall not dwell in man without end, for he is flesh; and the days of him shall be an hundred and twenty years.

4Soothly giants were on the earth in those days, forsooth after that the sons of God entered [in] to the daughters of men, and those daughters begat; these were mighty of the world and famous men.

5Soothly God saw that much malice of men was in [the] earth, and that all the thought of their heart was attentive, either given, to evil in all time,

6and it repented him that he had made man in earth; and God was wary before against time to coming [or to come], and was touched with sorrow of heart within;

7and said, I shall do away man, whom I made of nought, from the face of the earth; from man till to living things, from creeping beast till to the birds of heaven; for it repenteth me that I made them.

8Forsooth Noah found grace before the Lord.

9These be the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations; Noah went with God,

10and begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11Forsooth the earth was corrupt before God, and was filled with wickedness.

12And when God saw, that the earth was corrupt, for each flesh, or man, had corrupted his way on [the] earth,

13he said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; the earth is filled with wickedness of the face of them, and I shall destroy them with the earth.

14Make thou to thee a ship#6:14 Throughout Genesis, whenever the “Later Version” refers to Noah’s ‘ship’, the “Early Version” refers to Noah’s ‘ark’. of wood hewn and planed; thou shalt make dwelling places in the ship, and thou shalt anoint it with pitch within and withoutforth.

15And so thou shalt make it. The length of the ship shall be of three hundred cubits, the breadth shall be of fifty cubits, and the highness thereof shall be of thirty cubits.

16Thou shalt make a window in the ship, and thou shalt end the highness thereof in a cubit; soothly thou shalt set the door of the ship in the side beneath; thou shalt make solars or upper rooms, and places of three chambers in the ship.

17Lo! I shall bring waters of deluge, or great flood, on the earth, and I shall slay each flesh in which is the spirit of life under heaven, and all things that be in [the] earth, shall be wasted.

18And I shall set my covenant of peace with thee; and thou shalt enter into the ship, [thou], and thy sons, and thy wife, and the wives of thy sons shall enter with thee.

19And of all living beasts of all flesh, thou shalt bring into the ship twain [or two] and twain, of male kind and female, that they live with thee;

20of birds by their kind, and of work beasts in their kind, and of each creeping beast of [the] earth, by their kind; twain [or two] and twain of all shall enter with thee, that they may live.

21Therefore thou shalt take with thee of all meats that may be eaten, and thou shalt bear together at thee, and those shall be as well to thee as to the beasts into meat.

22Therefore Noah did all things which God commanded to him.

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Genesis 6

Evil Inclination of All Humanity

1Now when humankind began to multiply on the face of the ground and daughters were born to them,

2then the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were good and they took for themselves wives, any they chose.

3Then Adonai said, “My Spirit will not remain with humankind forever, since they are flesh. So their days will be 120 years.

4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, whenever the sons of God came to the daughters of men, and gave birth to them. Those were the mighty men of old, men of renown.

5Then Adonai saw that the wickedness of humankind was great on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their heart was only evil all the time.

6So Adonai regretted that He made humankind on the earth, and His heart was deeply pained.

7So Adonai said, “I will wipe out humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the ground, from humankind to livestock, crawling things and the flying creatures of the sky, because I regret that I made them.”

8But Noah found favor in Adonai’s eyes.

9These are the genealogies of Noah. Noah was a righteous man. He was blameless among his generation. Noah continually walked with God.

10Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.

11Now the earth was ruined before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

12God saw the earth, and behold it was ruined because all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

Instructions for the Ark

13Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh is coming before Me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Behold, I am about to bring ruin upon them along with the land.

14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood. You shall make the ark with compartments and smear pitch on it, both inside and out.

15Now this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.

16You shall make a roof for the ark, and you shall finish it to within a cubit from the top. You shall put the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third stories.

17Now I am about to bring the flood—water upon the land—to destroy all flesh in which is the spirit of life from under the sky. Everything that is on the land will perish.

18But I will establish My covenant with you. So you shall come into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

19Also of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of everything—male and female—into the ark to keep alive with you.

20Of the flying creatures according to their kind, of the livestock according to their kind, of all the crawling creatures of the ground according to their kind—two of everything will come to you to keep them alive.

21As for you: take for yourself every kind of edible food and gather it to yourself. It will be food for you and for them.”

22So Noah did according to all that God commanded him; he did so exactly.

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