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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 Wickedness of Man
And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,
And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.
And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
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.
In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne [children] to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.
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.
And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.
So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart.
And Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
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.”
And Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth -- from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.
But Noah found favor with the LORD.
Noah's Favor with God
But Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah.
But Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah.
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.
This is the history of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect amongst his generations: Noah walked with God.
Noah was the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence.
And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was full of violence.
God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.
And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way on 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!
Noah Builds the Ark
And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Make thyself an ark of gopher wood: [with] cells shalt thou make the ark; and pitch it inside and outside with pitch.
And thus shalt thou make it: let the length of the ark be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
A light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: [with] a lower, second, and third [story] shalt thou make it.
“Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
For I, behold, I bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh under the heavens in which is the breath of life: everything that is on the earth shall expire.
But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat — you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt go into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
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.
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee: they shall be male and female.
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.
Of fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each shall go in to thee, to keep [them] alive.
And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.”
And take thou of all food that is eaten, and gather [it] to thee, that it may be for food for thee and for them.