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Genesis 6
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Human Wickedness

6When people had spread all over the world, and daughters were being born,H120H2490H7231H5921H6440H127H1323H3205
2some of the heavenly beings saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked.H1121H430H7200H1323H120H2007H2896H3947H802H977
3Then the LORD said, "I will not allow people to live forever; they are mortal. From now on they will live no longer than 120 years."H3068H559H7307H5769H1777H120H1571H1320H7683H3117H3967H6242H8141
4In those days, and even later, there were giants on the earth who were descendants of human women and the heavenly beings. They were the great heroes and famous men of long ago.H5303H776H3117H310H3651H834H1121H430H935H1323H120H3205H1992H1368H5769H582H8034
5When the LORD saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time,H3068H7200H7451H120H7227H776H3336H4284H3820H7535H7451H3117
6he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regretH5162H3068H6213H120H776H6087H413H3820
7that he said, "I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them."H3068H559H4229H120H1254H6440H127H120H5704H929H7431H5775H8064H5162H6213
8But the LORD was pleased with Noah.H5146H4672H2580H5869H3068

Noah

9This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.H8435H5146H5146H6662H376H8549H1755H5146H1980H430
10Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God,H5146H3205H7969H1121H8035H2526H3315
11but everyone else was evil in God's sight, and violence had spread everywhere.H776H7843H6440H430H776H4390H2555
12God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.H430H7200H776H7843H1320H7843H1870H776
13God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all people. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds.H430H559H5146H7093H1320H935H6440H776H4390H2555H6440H7843H854H776
14Build a boat for yourself out of good timber; make rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.H6213H8392H1613H6086H7064H6213H854H8392H3722H1004H2351H3724
15Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.H6213H753H8392H7969H3967H520H7341H2572H520H6967H7970H520
16Make a roof for the boat and leave a space of 18 inches between the roof and the sides. Build it with three decks and put a door in the side.H6672H6213H8392H520H3615H4605H6607H8392H7760H6654H8482H8145H7992H6213
17I am going to send a flood on the earth to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth will die,H2009H589H935H3999H4325H776H7843H1320H7307H2416H8478H8064H3605H776H1478
18but I will make a covenant with you. Go into the boat with your wife, your sons, and their wives.H6965H1285H935H413H8392H859H1121H802H1121H802
19Take into the boat with you a male and a female of every kind of animal and of every kind of bird,H2416H1320H8147H935H8392H2421H2145H5347
20in order to keep them alive.H5775H4327H929H4327H7431H127H4327H8147H935H2421
21Take along all kinds of food for you and for them."H3947H3978H398H622H402
22Noah did everything that God commanded.H6213H5146H430H6680H6213


Good News Translation. Scripture taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. More details.
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