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1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to 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 whom 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 the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall 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 giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore [children] to them: the same [became] mighty men, who [were] of old, 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 GOD 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 the LORD repented 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 the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created, from the face of the earth, both man and beast, and the creeping animal, and the fowls of the air; for I repent 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 grace in the eyes of the LORD.
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But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
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