61 Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land , and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful ; and they took wives for themselves, whomever e they chose .
3 Then the Lord said , " My Spirit shall not strive with man forever , because he also is flesh ; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years ."
4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days , and also afterward e , when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men , and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old , men of renown . 5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth , and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually e .
6 The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth , and He was grieved in His heart . 7 The Lord said , " I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land , from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky ; for I am sorry that I have made them."
8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord .
9 These are the records of the generations of Noah . Noah was a righteous man , blameless in his time ; Noah walked with God . 10 Noah became the father of three sons : Shem , Ham , and Japheth .
11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God , and the earth was filled with violence . 12 God looked on the earth , and behold , it was corrupt ; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth .
13 Then God said to Noah , " The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because e of them; and behold , I am about to destroy them with the earth . 14 "Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood ; you shall make the ark with rooms , and shall cover it inside e and out with pitch . 15 "This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits , its breadth fifty cubits , and its height thirty cubits . 16 "You shall make a window for the ark , and finish it to a cubit from the top ; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower , second , and third decks. 17 "Behold , I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth , to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life , from under heaven ; everything that is on the earth shall perish . 18 "But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark -you and your sons and your wife , and your sons' wives with you. 19 " And of every living thing of all flesh , you shall bring two of every kind into the ark , to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female . 20 " Of the birds after their kind , and of the animals after their kind , of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind , two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive . 21 "As for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible , and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food for you and for them."
22 Thus Noah did ; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did .
