6When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born,H120H2490H7231H5921H6440H127H1323H32052the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.H1121H430H7200H1323H120H2007H2896H3947H802H9773Then GOD said, "I'm not going to breathe life into men and women endlessly. Eventually they're going to die; from now on they can expect a life span of 120 years."H3068H559H7307H5769H1777H120H1571H1320H7683H3117H3967H6242H81414This was back in the days (and also later) when there were giants in the land. The giants came from the union of the sons of God and the daughters of men. These were the mighty men of ancient lore, the famous ones.H5303H776H3117H310H3651H834H1121H430H935H1323H120H3205H1992H1368H5769H582H8034
Noah and His Sons
5GOD saw that human evil was out of control. People thought evil, imagined evil—evil, evil, evil from morning to night.H3068H7200H7451H120H7227H776H3336H4284H3820H7535H7451H31176GOD was sorry that he had made the human race in the first place; it broke his heart.H5162H3068H6213H120H776H6087H413H38207GOD said, "I'll get rid of my ruined creation, make a clean sweep: people, animals, snakes and bugs, birds—the works. I'm sorry I made them."H3068H559H4229H120H1254H6440H127H120H5704H929H7431H5775H8064H5162H62138But Noah was different. GOD liked what he saw in Noah.H5146H4672H2580H5869H30689This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God.H8435H5146H5146H6662H376H8549H1755H5146H1980H43010Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.H5146H3205H7969H1121H8035H2526H331511As far as God was concerned, the Earth had become a sewer; there was violence everywhere.H776H7843H6440H430H776H4390H255512God took one look and saw how bad it was, everyone corrupt and corrupting—life itself corrupt to the core.H430H7200H776H7843H1320H7843H1870H77613God said to Noah, "It's all over. It's the end of the human race. The violence is everywhere; I'm making a clean sweep.H430H559H5146H7093H1320H935H6440H776H4390H2555H6440H7843H854H77614"Build yourself a ship from teakwood. Make rooms in it. Coat it with pitch inside and out.H6213H8392H1613H6086H7064H6213H854H8392H3722H1004H2351H372415Make it 450 feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.H6213H753H8392H7969H3967H520H7341H2572H520H6967H7970H52016Build a roof for it and put in a window eighteen inches from the top; put in a door on the side of the ship; and make three decks, lower, middle, and upper.H6672H6213H8392H520H3615H4605H6607H8392H7760H6654H8482H8145H7992H621317"I'm going to bring a flood on the Earth that will destroy everything alive under Heaven. Total destruction.H2009H589H935H3999H4325H776H7843H1320H7307H2416H8478H8064H3605H776H147818"But I'm going to establish a covenant with you: You'll board the ship, and your sons, your wife and your sons' wives will come on board with you.H6965H1285H935H413H8392H859H1121H802H1121H80219You are also to take two of each living creature, a male and a female, on board the ship, to preserve their lives with you:H2416H1320H8147H935H8392H2421H2145H534720two of every species of bird, mammal, and reptile—two of everything so as to preserve their lives along with yours.H5775H4327H929H4327H7431H127H4327H8147H935H242121Also get all the food you'll need and store it up for you and them."H3947H3978H398H622H40222Noah did everything God commanded him to do.H6213H5146H430H6680H6213