6:1 When humankind ¹  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born ²  to them, ³  6:2 the sons of God ⁴  saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose. 6:3 So the Lord said, “My spirit will not remain in ⁵  humankind indefinitely, ⁶  since ⁷  they ⁸  are mortal. ⁹  They ¹⁰  will remain for 120 more years.” ¹¹ 

6:4 The Nephilim ¹²  were on the earth in those days (and also after this) ¹³  when the sons of God were having sexual relations with ¹⁴  the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. ¹⁵  They were the mighty heroes ¹⁶  of old, the famous men. ¹⁷ 

6:5 But the Lord saw ¹⁸  that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination ¹⁹  of the thoughts ²⁰  of their minds ²¹  was only evil ²²  all the time. ²³  6:6 The Lord regretted ²⁴  that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended. ²⁵  6:7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth – everything from humankind to animals, ²⁶  including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”

6:8 But ²⁷  Noah found favor ²⁸  in the sight of ²⁹  the Lord.

6:9 This is the account of Noah. ³⁰ 

Noah was a godly man; he was blameless ³¹ 

among his contemporaries. ³²  He ³³  walked with ³⁴  God. 6:10 Noah had ³⁵  three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

6:11 The earth was ruined ³⁶  in the sight of ³⁷  God; the earth was filled with violence. ³⁸  6:12 God saw the earth, and indeed ³⁹  it was ruined, ⁴⁰  for all living creatures ⁴¹  on the earth were sinful. ⁴²  6:13 So God said ⁴³  to Noah, “I have decided that all living creatures must die, ⁴⁴  for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy ⁴⁵  them and the earth. 6:14 Make ⁴⁶  for yourself an ark of cypress ⁴⁷  wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover ⁴⁸  it with pitch inside and out. 6:15 This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. ⁴⁹  6:16 Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches ⁵⁰  from the top. ⁵¹  Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks. 6:17 I am about to bring ⁵²  floodwaters ⁵³  on the earth to destroy ⁵⁴  from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. ⁵⁵  Everything that is on the earth will die, 6:18 but I will confirm ⁵⁶  my covenant with you. You will enter ⁵⁷  the ark – you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. 6:19 You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh, ⁵⁸  male and female, to keep them alive ⁵⁹  with you. 6:20 Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you so you can keep them alive. ⁶⁰  6:21 And you must take ⁶¹  for yourself every kind of food ⁶²  that is eaten, ⁶³  and gather it together. ⁶⁴  It will be food for you and for them.

6:22 And Noah did all ⁶⁵  that God commanded him – he did indeed. ⁶⁶ 

7:1 The Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation. ⁶⁷  7:2 You must take with you seven ⁶⁸  of every kind of clean animal, ⁶⁹  the male and its mate, ⁷⁰  two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate, 7:3 and also seven ⁷¹  of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, ⁷²  to preserve their offspring ⁷³  on the face of the earth. 7:4 For in seven days ⁷⁴  I will cause it to rain ⁷⁵  on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

7:5 And Noah did all ⁷⁶  that the Lord commanded him.

7:6 Noah ⁷⁷  was 600 years old when the floodwaters engulfed ⁷⁸  the earth. 7:7 Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because ⁷⁹  of the floodwaters. 7:8 Pairs ⁸⁰  of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground, 7:9 male and female, came into the ark to Noah, ⁸¹  just as God had commanded him. ⁸²  7:10 And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth. ⁸³ 

7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month – on that day all the fountains of the great deep ⁸⁴  burst open and the floodgates of the heavens ⁸⁵  were opened. 7:12 And the rain fell ⁸⁶  on the earth forty days and forty nights.

7:13 On that very day Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with his wife and his sons’ three wives. ⁸⁷  7:14 They entered, ⁸⁸  along with every living creature after its kind, every animal after its kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, everything with wings. ⁸⁹  7:15 Pairs ⁹⁰  of all creatures ⁹¹  that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah. 7:16 Those that entered were male and female, ⁹²  just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.

7:17 The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth. 7:18 The waters completely overwhelmed ⁹³  the earth, and the ark floated ⁹⁴  on the surface of the waters. 7:19 The waters completely inundated ⁹⁵  the earth so that even ⁹⁶  all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered. 7:20 The waters rose more than twenty feet ⁹⁷  above the mountains. ⁹⁸  7:21 And all living things ⁹⁹  that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind. 7:22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life ¹⁰⁰  in its nostrils died. 7:23 So the Lord ¹⁰¹  destroyed ¹⁰²  every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. ¹⁰³  They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived. ¹⁰⁴  7:24 The waters prevailed over ¹⁰⁵  the earth for 150 days.

8:1 But God remembered ¹⁰⁶  Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over ¹⁰⁷  the earth and the waters receded. 8:2 The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, ¹⁰⁸  and the rain stopped falling from the sky. 8:3 The waters kept receding steadily ¹⁰⁹  from the earth, so that they ¹¹⁰  had gone down ¹¹¹  by the end of the 150 days. 8:4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat. ¹¹²  8:5 The waters kept on receding ¹¹³  until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible. ¹¹⁴ 

8:6 At the end of forty days, ¹¹⁵  Noah opened the window he had made in the ark ¹¹⁶  8:7 and sent out a raven; it kept flying ¹¹⁷  back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth.

8:8 Then Noah ¹¹⁸  sent out a dove ¹¹⁹  to see if the waters had receded ¹²⁰  from the surface of the ground. 8:9 The dove could not find a resting place for its feet because water still covered ¹²¹  the surface of the entire earth, and so it returned to Noah ¹²²  in the ark. He stretched out his hand, took the dove, ¹²³  and brought it back into the ark. ¹²⁴  8:10 He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark. 8:11 When ¹²⁵  the dove returned to him in the evening, there was ¹²⁶  a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. 8:12 He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, ¹²⁷  but it did not return to him this time. ¹²⁸ 

8:13 In Noah’s six hundred and first year, ¹²⁹  in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that ¹³⁰  the surface of the ground was dry. 8:14 And by the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth ¹³¹  was dry.

8:15 Then God spoke to Noah and said, 8:16 “Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you. 8:17 Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out ¹³²  every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase ¹³³  and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!” ¹³⁴ 

8:18 Noah went out along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives. 8:19 Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.

8:20 Noah built an altar to the Lord. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. ¹³⁵  8:21 And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma ¹³⁶  and said ¹³⁷  to himself, ¹³⁸  “I will never again curse ¹³⁹  the ground because of humankind, even though ¹⁴⁰  the inclination of their minds ¹⁴¹  is evil from childhood on. ¹⁴²  I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

8:22 “While the earth continues to exist, ¹⁴³ 

planting time ¹⁴⁴  and harvest,

cold and heat,

summer and winter,

and day and night will not cease.”