1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth , and daughters were born unto them, 2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chose . 3And 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 . 4There 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 .
God's Grief and Decision to Judge
5And 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 . 6And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth , and it grieved him at his heart . 7And 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.
Noah: A Righteous Man
8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD . 9These are the generations of Noah : Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations , and Noah walked with God . 10And Noah begat three sons , Shem , Ham , and Japheth . 11The earth also was corrupt before God , and the earth was filled with violence . 12And God looked upon the earth , and, behold, it was corrupt ; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth .
The Ark and God's Instructions
13And 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 . 14Make thee an ark of gopher wood ; rooms shalt thou make in the ark , and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch . 15And 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 . 16A 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. 17And, 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 . 18But 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. 19And 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 . 20Of 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 . 21And 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. 22Thus did Noah ; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.