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1 When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
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And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,
2 the sons of God saw that they were fair; and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose.
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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.
3 Then the Lord said, "My spirit shall not abide in mortals forever, for they are flesh; their days shall be one hundred twenty years."
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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.
4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went in to the daughters of humans, who bore children to them. These were the heroes that were of old, warriors of renown.
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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.
5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.
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And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
6 And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
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And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart.
7 So the Lord said, "I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created—people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them."
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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.
8 But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord.
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But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.
9 These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
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These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.
10 And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
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And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.
12 And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth.
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And God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.
13 And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; now I am going to destroy them along with the earth.
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And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.
14 Make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
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Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.
15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
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And this is the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.
16 Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above; and put the door of the ark in its side; make it with lower, second, and third decks.
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You are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.
17 For my part, I am going to bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
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For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.
18 But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
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But with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.
19 And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
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And you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.
20 Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come in to you, to keep them alive.
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Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.
21 Also take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them."
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And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.
22 Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
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And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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