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GENESIS 6
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18When Jared was 162 years old, he became the
father of Enoch. 19After the birth of Enoch, Jared
lived another 800 years, and he had other sons
and daughters. 20Jared lived 962 years, and then
he died.
21When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the
father of Methuselah. 22After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God
for another 300 years, and he had other sons
and daughters. 23Enoch lived 365 years, 24walking in close fellowship with God. Then one day
he disappeared, because God took him.
25When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became
the father of Lamech. 26After the birth of
Lamech, Methuselah lived another 782 years,
and he had other sons and daughters. 27Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.
28When Lamech was 182 years old, he became
the father of a son. 29Lamech named his son
Noah, for he said, “May he bring us relief* from
our work and the painful labor of farming this
ground that the Lord has cursed.” 30After the
birth of Noah, Lamech lived another 595 years,
and he had other sons and daughters. 31Lamech
lived 777 years, and then he died.
32By the time Noah was 500 years old, he was the
father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
A World Gone Wrong
Then the people began to multiply on the
earth, and daughters were born to them. 2 The
sons of God saw the beautiful women* and took
any they wanted as their wives. 3 Then the Lord
said, “My Spirit will not put up with* humans for
such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In
the future, their normal lifespan will be no more
than 120 years.”
4 In those days, and for some time after, giant
Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the
sons of God had intercourse with women, they
gave birth to children who became the heroes and
famous warriors of ancient times.
5 The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they
thought or imagined was consistently and totally
evil. 6So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them
and put them on the earth. It broke his heart. 7 And
the Lord said, “I will wipe this human race I have
created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground,
and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made
them.” 8But Noah found favor with the Lord.
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The Story of Noah
9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah
was a righteous man, the only blameless person
living on earth at the time, and he walked in close
fellowship with God. 10Noah was the father of three
sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence. 12 God observed
all this corruption in the world, for everyone on
earth was corrupt. 13 So God said to Noah, “I have
decided to destroy all living creatures, for they
have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe
them all out along with the earth!
14 “Build a large boat* from cypress wood*
and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then
construct decks and stalls throughout its interior.
15 Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and
45 feet high.* 16 Leave an 18-inch opening* below
the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door
on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—
lower, middle, and upper.
17“Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood
that will destroy every living thing that breathes.
Everything on earth will die. 18But I will confirm my
covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your
wife and your sons and their wives. 19 Bring a pair
of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into
the boat with you to keep them alive during the
flood. 20Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind
of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept
alive. 21 And be sure to take on board enough food
for your family and for all the animals.”
22 So Noah did everything exactly as God had
commanded him.
The Flood Covers the Earth
When everything was ready, the Lord said to
Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family,
for among all the people of the earth, I can see
that you alone are righteous. 2Take with you seven
pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice,* and take one
pair of each of the others. 3 Also take seven pairs
of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a
female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood. 4Seven days from
now I will make the rains pour down on the earth.
And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until
I have wiped from the earth all the living things I
have created.”
5So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded
him.
6Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered
the earth. 7 He went on board the boat to escape
the flood—he and his wife and his sons and their
wives. 8 With them were all the various kinds of
animals—those approved for eating and for sacrifice and those that were not—along with all the
birds and the small animals that scurry along the
ground. 9They entered the boat in pairs, male and
female, just as God had commanded Noah. 10After
seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.
11 When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain
fell in mighty torrents from the sky. 12The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.
13 That very day Noah had gone into the boat
with his wife and his sons—Shem, Ham, and Japheth—and their wives. 14 With them in the boat
were pairs of every kind of animal—domestic and
wild, large and small—along with birds of every
kind. 15Two by two they came into the boat, representing every living thing that breathes. 16 A male
and female of each kind entered, just as God had
commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door
behind them.
17 For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the
earth. 18As the waters rose higher and higher above
the ground, the boat floated safely on the surface.
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