1 A nd it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,

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

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

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

3 A nd 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.

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 he 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.

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 A nd 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;

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

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

7 A nd 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.'

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 A nd Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.

But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

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

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 begetteth three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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

11 A nd the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled violence.

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

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

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 A nd 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.

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 ` 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;

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

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 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.

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 ` 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.

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 ` 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;

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 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.

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 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.

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 ` 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.'

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

22 A nd Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.

Noah did just what God told him to do.