1 ¶ And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

2 That the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took them wives of all whom they chose.

3 ¶ Then the LORD said, My spirit will not always strive with man, for he is flesh: but his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

4 ¶ There were tyrants in the earth in those days; and later too, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

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.

6 ¶ And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

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 I am sorry that I have made them.

8 ¶ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

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

11 ¶ The earth was also corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

12 And God looked upon the earth, and, saw it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

13 ¶ And God said to 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.

14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; you will make rooms in the ark, and shall seal it within and without with pitch.

15 And this is the way in which you will make it: The length of the ark will be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

16 You will make a window in the ark, and will finish it to a cubit above; and you will set the door of the ark in its side; you will make it with lower, second, and third stories.

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

18 But I will establish my covenant with you; and you will 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 sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.

21 Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and you will gather it to you; and it will be for food for you, and for them.

22 ¶ Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.