1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply in the earth, and daughters were born to them,

2 Then the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair, and took them to be wives whosoever they chose.

3 And the Lord [God] said, My Spirit shall not be despised by men for ever, because they are flesh; let their days be a hundred and twenty years.

4 At that time there were Nephilim on the earth, especially since the sons of God began to come in to the daughters of men, and they began to bear children to them: they were mighty men, men of old who were glorious.

5 And the Lord [God] saw that the wickedness of men was great in the earth, and that all the thoughts and thoughts of their heart were evil all the time.

6 And the Lord repented that he had made man on the earth, and grieved in his heart.

7 And the Lord said, 'I will destroy from off the face of the earth the men whom I have created, from man to beast, and I will destroy creeping things and the fowls of the air: for I have repented that I have created them.'

8 And Noah found grace in the sight of the Lord [God].

9 This is the life of Noah: Noah was a righteous man and blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 But the earth was corrupted in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with wickedness.

12 And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had perverted its way on the earth.

13 And God said to Noah, 'The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; and behold, I will destroy them from the earth.

14 Thou shalt make thee an ark of gopher wood; Thou shalt make compartments in the ark, and tar it with pitch within and without.