Genesis - Chapter 6 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I children} to them, the same {cf15I became} mighty men which {cf15I were} of old, men of renown.
  • 5. And GOD saw that the wickedness of man {cf15I was} great in the earth, and {cf15I that} every imagination of the thoughts of his heart {cf15I 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 {cf15I are} the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man {cf15I and} perfect in his generations, {cf15I 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 {cf15I is the fashion} which thou shalt make it {cf15I of}: The length of the ark {cf15I 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; {cf15I with} lower, second, and third {cf15I 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 {cf15I is} the breath of life, from under heaven; {cf15I and} every thing that {cf15I 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 {cf15I sort} shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep {cf15I 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 {cf15I sort} shall come unto thee, to keep {cf15I them} alive.
  • 21. And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather {cf15I 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.
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