Genesis 6

¹When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,

²the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive . And they took as their wives any they chose .

³Then the Lord said , My Spirit shall not abide in man forever , for he is flesh : his days shall be 120 years .

⁴The Nephilim were on the earth in those days , and also afterward , when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old , the men of renown .

⁵The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth , and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually .

⁶And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth , and it grieved him to his heart .

⁷So the Lord said , I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land , man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens , for I am sorry that I have made them.

⁸But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

⁹These are the generations of Noah . Noah was a righteous man , blameless in his generation . Noah walked with God .

¹⁰And Noah had three sons , Shem , Ham , and Japheth .

¹¹Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight , and the earth was filled with violence .

¹²And God saw the earth , and behold , it was corrupt , for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth .

¹³And God said to Noah , I have determined to make an end of all flesh , for the earth is filled with violence through them . Behold , I will destroy them with the earth .

¹⁴Make yourself an ark of gopher wood . Make rooms in the ark , and cover it inside and out with pitch .

¹⁵This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits , its breadth 50 cubits , and its height 30 cubits .

¹⁶Make a roof for the ark , and finish it to a cubit above , and set the door of the ark in its side . Make it with lower , second , and third decks .

¹⁷For behold , I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven . Everything that is on the earth shall die .

¹⁸But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark , you, your sons , your wife , and your sons ’ wives with you.

¹⁹And of every living thing of all flesh , you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female .

²⁰Of the birds according to their kinds , and of the animals according to their kinds , of every creeping thing of the ground , according to its kind , two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive .

²¹Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten , and store it up . It shall serve as food for you and for them.

²²Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.