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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,
A World Gone Wrong
Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.
Then the people began to multiply on the earth, 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 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.
In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.
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 observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.
The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.
So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke 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.”
And the LORD said, “I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing — all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever 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.
The Story of Noah
This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.
Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Noah was the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.
Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence.
God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.
God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.
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.
So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with 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.
“Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will 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 confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat — you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.
Bring a pair of every kind of animal — a male and a female — into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood.
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.
Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept 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.”
And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.”