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.