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1 In time, when men began to multiply on earth, and daughters were born to them,
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1 When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
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2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were attractive; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
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2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
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3 ADONAI said, "My Spirit will not live in human beings forever, for they too are flesh; therefore their life span is to be 120 years."
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3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."
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4 The N'filim were on the earth in those days, and also afterwards, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these were the ancient heroes, men of renown.
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4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
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5 ADONAI saw that the people on earth were very wicked, that all the imaginings of their hearts were always of evil only.
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5 The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.
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6 ADONAI regretted that he had made humankind on the earth; it grieved his heart.
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6 The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.
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7 ADONAI said, "I will wipe out humankind, whom I have created, from the whole earth; and not only human beings, but animals, creeping things and birds in the air; for I regret that I ever made them."
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7 So the LORD said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth--men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air--for I am grieved that I have made them."
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8 But Noach found grace in the sight of ADONAI.
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8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
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9 Here is the history of Noach. In his generation, Noach was a man righteous and wholehearted; Noach walked with God.
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9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.
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10 Noach fathered three sons, Shem, Ham and Yefet.
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10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
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11 The earth was corrupt before God, the earth was filled with violence.
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11 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence.
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12 God saw the earth, and, yes, it was corrupt; for all living beings had corrupted their ways on the earth.
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12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.
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13 God said to Noach, "The end of all living beings has come before me, for because of them the earth is filled with violence. I will destroy them along with the earth.
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13 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.
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14 Make yourself an ark of gofer-wood; you are to make the ark with rooms and cover it with pitch both outside and inside.
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14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
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15 Here is how you are to build it: the length of the ark is to be 450 feet, its width seventy-five feet and its height forty-five feet.
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15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high.
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16 You are to make an opening for daylight in the ark eighteen inches below its roof. Put a door in its side; and build it with lower, second and third decks.
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16 Make a roof for it and finish the ark to within 18 inches of the top. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.
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17 "Then I myself will bring the flood of water over the earth to destroy from under heaven every living thing that breathes; everything on earth will be destroyed.
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17 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.
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18 But I will establish my covenant with you; you will come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife and your sons' wives with you.
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18 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.
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19 "From everything living, from each kind of living being, you are to bring two into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they are to be male and female.
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19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.
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20 Of each kind of bird, each kind of livestock, and each kind of animal creeping on the ground, two are to come to you, so that they can be kept alive.
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20 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.
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21 Also take from all the kinds of food that are eaten, and collect it for yourself; it is to be food for you and for them."
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21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them."
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22 This is what Noach did; he did all that God ordered him to do.
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22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.
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| Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (The Complete Jewish Bible Online) |
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