The Latin Vulgate VUL
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1 cumque coepissent homines multiplicari super terram et filias procreassent
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When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,
2 videntes filii Dei filias eorum quod essent pulchrae acceperunt uxores sibi ex omnibus quas elegerant
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the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
3 dixitque Deus non permanebit spiritus meus in homine in aeternum quia caro est eruntque dies illius centum viginti annorum
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Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years. ”
4 gigantes autem erant super terram in diebus illis postquam enim ingressi sunt filii Dei ad filias hominum illaeque genuerunt isti sunt potentes a saeculo viri famosi
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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
5 videns autem Deus quod multa malitia hominum esset in terra et cuncta cogitatio cordis intenta esset ad malum omni tempore
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The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 paenituit eum quod hominem fecisset in terra et tactus dolore cordis intrinsecus
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And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
7 delebo inquit hominem quem creavi a facie terrae ab homine usque ad animantia a reptili usque ad volucres caeli paenitet enim me fecisse eos
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So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them. ”
8 Noe vero invenit gratiam coram Domino
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But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
9 hae generationes Noe Noe vir iustus atque perfectus fuit in generationibus suis cum Deo ambulavit
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These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
10 et genuit tres filios Sem Ham et Iafeth
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And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 corrupta est autem terra coram Deo et repleta est iniquitate
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Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 cumque vidisset Deus terram esse corruptam omnis quippe caro corruperat viam suam super terram
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And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
13 dixit ad Noe finis universae carnis venit coram me repleta est terra iniquitate a facie eorum et ego disperdam eos cum terra
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And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 fac tibi arcam de lignis levigatis mansiunculas in arca facies et bitumine linies intrinsecus et extrinsecus
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Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
15 et sic facies eam trecentorum cubitorum erit longitudo arcae quinquaginta cubitorum latitudo et triginta cubitorum altitudo illius
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This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.
16 fenestram in arca facies et in cubito consummabis summitatem ostium autem arcae pones ex latere deorsum cenacula et tristega facies in ea
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Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks.
17 ecce ego adducam diluvii aquas super terram ut interficiam omnem carnem in qua spiritus vitae est subter caelum universa quae in terra sunt consumentur
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For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.
18 ponamque foedus meum tecum et ingredieris arcam tu et filii tui uxor tua et uxores filiorum tuorum tecum
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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.
19 et ex cunctis animantibus universae carnis bina induces in arcam ut vivant tecum masculini sexus et feminini
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And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
20 de volucribus iuxta genus suum et de iumentis in genere suo et ex omni reptili terrae secundum genus suum bina de omnibus ingredientur tecum ut possint vivere
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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 sort shall come in to you to keep them alive.
21 tolles igitur tecum ex omnibus escis quae mandi possunt et conportabis apud te et erunt tam tibi quam illis in cibum
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Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them. ”
22 fecit ergo Noe omnia quae praeceperat illi Deus
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Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
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