Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha CEBA
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1 When the number of people started to increase throughout the fertile land, 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 The divine beings saw how beautiful these human women were, so they married the ones 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 The LORD said, "My breath will not remain in humans forever, because they are flesh. They will live one hundred 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 In those days, giants lived on the earth and also afterward, when divine beings and human daughters had sexual relations and gave birth to children. These were the ancient heroes, famous men.
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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 The LORD saw that humanity had become thoroughly evil on the earth and that every idea their minds thought up was always completely 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 The LORD regretted making human beings on the earth, and he was heartbroken.
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The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.
7 So the LORD said, "I will wipe off of the land the human race that I've created: from human beings to livestock to the crawling things to the birds in the skies, because I regret I ever 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 as for Noah, the LORD approved of him.
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But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
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