1 W hen men began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,

When men became many in number on the earth, and daughters were born to them,

2 T he sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair, and they took wives of all they desired and chose.

the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. And they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

3 T hen the Lord said, My Spirit shall not forever dwell and strive with man, for he also is flesh; but his days shall yet be 120 years.

Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not stay in man forever, for he is flesh. But yet he will live for 120 years.”

4 T here were giants on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God lived with the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

Very large men were on the earth in those days, and later also, when the sons of God lived with the daughters of men, who gave birth to their children. These were the powerful men of long ago, men of much strength.

5 T he Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination and intention of all human thinking was only evil continually.

Then the Lord saw that man was very sinful on the earth. Every plan and thought of the heart of man was sinful always.

6 A nd the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved at heart.

The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth. He had sorrow in His heart.

7 S o the Lord said, I will destroy, blot out, and wipe away mankind, whom I have created from the face of the ground—not only man, the beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air—for it grieves Me and makes Me regretful that I have made them.

So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have made from the land, man and animals, things that move upon the earth and birds of the sky. For I am sorry that I have made them.”

8 B ut Noah found grace (favor) in the eyes of the Lord.

But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

9 T his is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a just and righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

This is the story of Noah and his family. Noah was right with God. He was without blame in his time. Noah walked with God.

10 A nd Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 T he earth was depraved and putrid in God’s sight, and the land was filled with violence (desecration, infringement, outrage, assault, and lust for power).

Now the earth was sinful in the eyes of God. The earth was filled with people hurting each other.

12 A nd God looked upon the world and saw how degenerate, debased, and vicious it was, for all humanity had corrupted their way upon the earth and lost their true direction.

God looked at the earth and saw how sinful it was. For all who lived on the earth had become sinful in their ways.

13 G od said to Noah, I intend to make an end of all flesh, for through men the land is filled with violence; and behold, I will destroy them and the land.

Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to make an end to all the people on the earth. They are the cause of very much trouble. See, I will destroy them as I destroy the earth.

14 M ake yourself an ark of gopher or cypress wood; make in it rooms (stalls, pens, coops, nests, cages, and compartments) and cover it inside and out with pitch (bitumen).

Make a large boat of gopher wood for yourself. Build rooms in the boat. And cover it inside and out with tar.

15 A nd this is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.

This is how you are to make it: The boat is to be as long as 150 long steps, as wide as twenty-five long steps, and eight times taller than a man.

16 Y ou shall make a roof or window for the ark and finish it to a cubit above—and the door of the ark you shall put in the side of it; and you shall make it with lower, second, and third stories.

Make a window for the boat, that goes down a cubit from the roof. Put a door in the side of the boat. And make it with first, second, and third floors.

17 F or behold, I, even I, will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy and make putrid all flesh under the heavens in which are the breath and spirit of life; everything that is on the land shall die.

See, I will bring a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh under heaven that has the breath of life. Everything on earth will be destroyed.

18 B ut I will establish My covenant (promise, pledge) with you, and you shall come into the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

But I will make My agreement with you. You will go into the large boat, you and your sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

19 A nd 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.

You are to bring into the large boat two of every kind of living thing of all flesh, to keep them alive with you. They will be male and female.

20 O f fowls and birds according to their kinds, of beasts according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind—two of every sort shall come in with you, that they may be kept alive.

Two of all the kinds of birds, and animals, and every thing that moves on the ground are to be with you to keep them alive.

21 A lso take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and you shall collect and store it up, and it shall serve as food for you and for them.

And take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it. It will be food for you and for them.”

22 N oah did this; he did all that God commanded him.

Noah did just what God told him to do.