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1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,
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When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.
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the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.
3 And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.
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Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal ; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
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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.
5 And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
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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.
6 And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
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The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.
7 And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
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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.”
8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.
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But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
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