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1 And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,
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When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,
2 The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.
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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 the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will 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 There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.
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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 the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
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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 the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in 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 the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having 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 had grace in the eyes of God.
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But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
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