Genesis 6Genesis6

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1. Corruption on the Earth

   (Matthew 24:36–51)

2. 1BBEAnd after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,BSBBSB: Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
3. 2BBEThe sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.BSBBSB: the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
4. 3BBEAnd the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.BSBBSB: So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
5. 4BBEThere were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.BSBBSB: The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
6. 5BBEAnd the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.BSBBSB: Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
7. 6BBEAnd the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart.BSBBSB: And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
8. 7BBEAnd the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.BSBBSB: So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

9. Noah’s Favor with God

10. 8BBEBut Noah had grace in the eyes of God.BSBBSB: Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
11. 9BBEThese are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.BSBBSB: This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
12. 10BBEAnd Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.BSBBSB: And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
13. 11BBEAnd the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.BSBBSB: Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
14. 12BBEAnd God, looking on the earth, saw that it was evil: for the way of all flesh had become evil on the earth.BSBBSB: And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

15. Preparing the Ark

    (Hebrews 11:7)

16. 13BBEAnd God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.BSBBSB: Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
17. 14BBEMake for yourself an ark of gopher wood with rooms in it, and make it safe from the water inside and out.BSBBSB: Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.
18. 15BBEAnd this is the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.BSBBSB: And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
19. 16BBEYou are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.BSBBSB: You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.
20. 17BBEFor truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.BSBBSB: And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
21. 18BBEBut with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.BSBBSB: 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.
22. 19BBEAnd you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.BSBBSB: And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
23. 20BBETwo of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.BSBBSB: Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
24. 21BBEAnd make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.BSBBSB: You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”
25. 22BBEAnd all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.BSBBSB: So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.