1 W hen men became many in number on the earth, 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 beautiful. And they took wives for themselves, whomever they 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 will not stay in man forever, for he is flesh. But yet he will live for 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 V ery 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.

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

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 T he Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth. He had sorrow in His 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 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.”

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 favor in the eyes of the Lord.

And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.

9 T his is the story of Noah and his family. Noah was right with God. He was without blame in his time. 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 N ow the earth was sinful in the eyes of God. The earth was filled with people hurting each other.

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

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

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

13 T hen 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.

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

`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 T his 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.

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 M ake 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.

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 S ee, 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.

`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 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.

`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 Y ou 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.

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 T wo 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.

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 nd take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it. It will be 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 just what God told him to do.

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