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

And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been 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.

and sons of God see the daughters of men that they fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.

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.

And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man -- to the age; in their erring they flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty 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.

The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them -- they the heroes, who, from of old, the men of name.

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.

And Jehovah seeth that abundant the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;

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

and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself -- unto 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.

And Jehovah saith, `I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'

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

And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.

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.

These births of Noah: Noah a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.

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

And Noah begetteth 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).

And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled violence.

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.

And God seeth the earth, and lo, it hath been corrupted, for all flesh hath corrupted its way on the earth.

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.

And God said to Noah, `An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with 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 for thyself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms dost thou make with the ark, and thou hast covered it within and without with cypress;

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.

and this that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;

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.

a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, -- lower, second, and third dost thou make it.

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.

`And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that in the earth doth expire.

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.

`And I have established My covenant with thee, and thou hast come in unto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy son's wives with thee;

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.

and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they.

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.

Of the fowl after its kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every they come in unto thee, to keep 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 thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.'

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

And Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.