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World English Bible

Genesis 6 (WEBP)

[1] When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
[2] God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.
[3] Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years.”
[4] The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
[5] Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
[6] Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
[7] Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.”
[8] But Noah found favor in Yahweh’s eyes.
[9] This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
[10] Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[11] The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
[12] God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
[13] God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and the earth.
[14] Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
[15] This is how you shall make it. The length of the ship shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
[16] You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
[17] I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
[18] But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
[19] Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
[20] Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort will come to you, to keep them alive.
[21] Take with you some of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them.”
[22] Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.

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Genesis 6:15 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Genesis 6 (KJVS)

[1] And it came to pass, when men began () to multiply () on the face of the earth , and daughters were born () unto them,
[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 ().
[3] 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 .
[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 .
[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 it repented () the LORD 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 it repenteth () me 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 begat () three sons , Shem , Ham , and Japheth .
[11] The earth also was corrupt () before God , and the earth was filled () with violence .
[12] And God looked () upon the earth , and, behold, it was corrupt (); for all flesh had corrupted () his way upon the earth .
[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 .
[14] Make () thee an ark of gopher wood ; rooms shalt thou make () in the ark , and shalt pitch () it within and without with pitch .
[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 .
[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.
[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 ().
[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.
[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 .
[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 ().
[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.
[22] Thus did () Noah ; according to all that God commanded () him, so did () he.

Young’s Literal Translation

Genesis 6 (YLT)

[1] And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,
[2] and sons of God see the daughters of men that they are fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
[3] And Jehovah saith, ‘My Spirit doth not strive in man-to the age; in their erring they are flesh:’ and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.
[4] The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them-they are the heroes, who, from of old, are the men of name.
[5] And Jehovah seeth that abundant is the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;
[6] and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself-unto His heart.
[7] And Jehovah saith, ‘I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.’
[8] And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.
[9] These are births of Noah: Noah is a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.
[10] And Noah begetteth three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[11] And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled with violence.
[12] And God seeth the earth, and lo, it hath been corrupted, for all flesh hath corrupted its way on the earth.
[13] And God said to Noah, ‘An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth.
[14] ‘Make for thyself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms dost thou make with the ark, and thou hast covered it within and without with cypress;
[15] and this is that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits is the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;
[16] a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side,-lower, second, and third stories dost thou make it.
[17] ‘And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which is a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that is in the earth doth expire.
[18] ‘And I have established My covenant with thee, and thou hast come in unto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy son’s wives with thee;
[19] and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every sort thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they.
[20] Of the fowl after its kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort they come in unto thee, to keep alive.
[21] ‘And thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.’
[22] And Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.