Genesis 6
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Gen 6:1
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Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
Gen 6:2
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that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
Gen 6:3
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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."
Gen 6:4
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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, 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.
Gen 6:5
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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.
Gen 6:6
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The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
Gen 6:7
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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."
Gen 6:8
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But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
Gen 6:9
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These are {the records of} the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.
Gen 6:11
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Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Gen 6:12
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God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
Gen 6:13
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Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.
Gen 6:14
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~"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch.
Gen 6:15
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~"This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred (I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in.) cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
Gen 6:16
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~"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.
Gen 6:17
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~"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.
Gen 6:18
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~"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.
Gen 6:19
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~"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.
Gen 6:20
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~"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.
Gen 6:21
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~"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."
Gen 6:22
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Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.
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