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Wickedness in the World
When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
Increasing Corruption on Earth
When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,
When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,
the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days — and also afterward — when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.
And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created — and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground — for I regret that I have made them.”
So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.”
Noah and the Flood
This is the account of Noah and his family.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
This is the account of Noah and his family.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
Noah and the Flood
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.
Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.
And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.
I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.
For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.
But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark — you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.
And 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.
Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.
Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive.
You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”
Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.”