6:1 Now it came about, when mankind began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
6:2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were ①beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
▷ ①Lit good
6:3 Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not ①remain with man forever, ②because he is also flesh; ③nevertheless his days shall be 120 years.”
▷ ①Or rule in; or strive with; meaning uncertain ②Or in his going astray he is flesh ③Or therefore
6:4 The ①Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of mankind, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
▷ ①Lit fallen ones; LXX giants
6:5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of mankind was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of ①their hearts was only evil continually.
▷ ①Lit his heart
6:6 So the LORD was sorry that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was grieved ①in His heart.
▷ ①Lit to
6:7 Then the LORD said, “I will wipe out mankind whom I have created from the face of the land; mankind, and animals as well, and crawling things, and the birds of the sky. For I am sorry that I have made them.”
6:8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
6:9 These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, ①blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
▷ ①Lit complete, perfect; or having integrity
6:10 And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
6:11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.
6:12 And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for ①humanity had corrupted its way upon the earth.
▷ ①Lit all flesh
6:13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of ①humanity has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of ②people; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.
▷ ①Lit all flesh ②Lit them
6:14 Make for yourself an ark of ①gopher wood; you shall make the ark with compartments, and ②cover it inside and out with pitch.
▷ ①I.e., Unknown species of tree ②Or pitch
6:15 This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark shall be ①three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
▷ ①About 450 ft. long, 75 ft. wide, and 45 ft. high or 135 m, 23 m, and 14 m
6:16 You shall make a ①window for the ark, and finish it to a ②cubit from ③the top; and put the door of the ark on the side; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
▷ ①Or roof ②One cubit is about 18 in. or 45 cm ③Lit above
6:17 Now behold, I Myself am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.
6:18 But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
6:20 Of the birds according to their kind, and of the animals according to their kind, of every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.
6:21 As for you, take for yourself some of every food that is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and them.”
6:22 So Noah did these things; according to everything that God had commanded him, so he did.