1: And it came to pass, when men began to
multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, |
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2: That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and
they took them wives of all which they chose. |
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And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for
that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. |
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4: There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children
to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. |
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5: And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and
that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. |
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6: And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it
grieved him at his heart. |
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7: And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of
the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. |
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8: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. |
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9: These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in
his generations, and Noah walked with God. |
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10: And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. |
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11: The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with
violence. |
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12: And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all
flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. |
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13: And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. |
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14: Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark,
and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. |
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15: And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of
the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the
height of it thirty cubits. |
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16: A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish
it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with
lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. |
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17: And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to
destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every
thing that is in the earth shall die. |
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18: But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into
the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. |
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19: And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou
bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. |
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20: Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every
creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto
thee, to keep them alive. |
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21: And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt
gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. |
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22: Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. |