Genesis 6

And it happened when mankind began to multiply on the surface of the earth and daughters were born to them,

then the sons of God saw the daughters of mankind, that they {were} beautiful, so they took wives for themselves from any {of them} that they chose.

Then God said, “My Spirit will not strive with mankind forever, because they {are} indeed flesh. Therefore their days will be 120 years.” \*

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days and also after that, when the sons of God went to the daughters of mankind, and they bore children for them. They {were} the mighty {ones} who {were} from long ago, the men of renown. \*

And God saw that the wickedness of mankind {was} great on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts {was} only evil all day long.

So God was sorry that he had made mankind on the earth, and he was grieved in his heart. \*

Then God said, “I will wipe away mankind whom I created off the surface of the ground, both mankind and animals, and crawling creatures and the birds of the sky, because I am sorry that I made them.”

But Noah found favor in the eyes of God. \*

These {are} the generations of Noah: He {was} a righteous man. He was without blemish in his generation. Noah walked with God.

And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. \*

Now the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled {with} violence.

And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupted, because all flesh on the earth had corrupted its way. \*

So God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before me, because the earth is filled {with} violence because of them. So behold, I am destroying them with the earth.

Make an ark for yourself out of gopher wood. Make the ark {with} rooms, and cover it inside and outside with a covering.

And this {is} how you must make it: the length of the ark {must be} 300 cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. \*

Make a window for the ark and finish it to within one cubit from the top. And put the door of the ark in its side. Make a lower, a second, and a third {deck}.

And I, behold, I am bringing floodwaters on the earth to destroy all flesh that {has} the breath of life in it from under the heavens. Everything that {is} on the earth will expire! \*

But I will establish my covenant with you, so you must go into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and the wives of your sons with you.

And from every living {creature}, from all flesh, you must bring two from each {kind} into the ark to keep alive with you. They must be male and female. \*

From the birds according to their kinds, and from the animals according to their kinds, from every moving creature of the ground according to its kind, two from every {kind} will come to you to keep alive.

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

And Noah did {that}; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did. \*