{"book":"Genesis","slug":"genesis","ch":6,"genre":"prose","sub":"The First Book of Moses","prev":"genesis/5","next":"genesis/7","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,","f":[],"h":"Corruption on the Earth","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"the sons of God saw that the daughters of men [were] beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"So the LORD said,“ My Spirit {will} not contend with man forever, for he [is] mortal; his days {shall} be 120 years.”","f":["LXX and Syriac My Spirit will not remain in man forever"],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"The Nephilim were on the earth in those days — and afterward as well — when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them [children] who [became] the mighty men of old, men of renown.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great upon the earth, and [that] every inclination of the thoughts of his heart [was] altogether evil all the time.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":6,"t":"And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"So the LORD said,“ I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth — every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air — for I am grieved that I have made them.”","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.","f":[],"h":"Noah’s Favor with God","style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"This [is] the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, [and] full of violence.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.","f":["Literally all flesh; similarly in verses 13, 17, and 19"]},{"v":13,"t":"Then God said to Noah,“ The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.","f":[],"h":"Preparing the Ark","style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.","f":["Gopher is an unknown kind of tree; possibly cypress or cedar."],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"And this is how you are to build it: The ark [is to be] 300 cubits long,50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.","f":["The ark was approximately 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high (137.2 meters long, 22.9 meters wide, and 13.7 meters high)."]},{"v":16,"t":"You are to make a roof for the ark, finish [its walls] a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper {decks}.","f":["Or skylight or window","A cubit is approximately 18 inches or 45.7 centimeters."]},{"v":17,"t":"And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"But I will establish My covenant with you, and you {will} enter the ark — you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark — male and female — to keep [them] alive with you.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"Two of every kind of bird and animal [and] crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather [it] as food for yourselves [and] for [the animals].”","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}