Genesis Chapter 6
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
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and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
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and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
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and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
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And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
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and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
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and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
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And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
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and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands,
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which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.
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And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
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And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
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And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,
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that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.
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And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.
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The Nephilim were 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 were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
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And Jehovah 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.
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And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
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And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
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But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.
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These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man,
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,
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that the sons ofGod saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.
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And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
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In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons ofGod had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne [children] to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.
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And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.
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And Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
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And Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth — from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.
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But Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah.
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This is the history of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect amongst his generations: Noah walked withGod.
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And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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And the earth was corrupt beforeGod, and the earth was full of violence.
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AndGod looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.
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AndGod said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
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Make thyself an ark of gopher wood: [with] cells shalt thou make the ark; and pitch it inside and outside with pitch.
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And thus shalt thou make it: let the length of the ark be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
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A light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: [with] a lower, second, and third [story] shalt thou make it.
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For I, behold, I bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh under the heavens in which is the breath of life: everything that is on the earth shall expire.
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But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt go into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
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And 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.
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Of fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each shall go in to thee, to keep [them] alive.
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And take thou of all food that is eaten, and gather [it] to thee, that it may be for food for thee and for them.
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And Noah did it; according to all thatGod had commanded him, so did he.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,
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that the sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.
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And the Lord God said, My Spirit shall certainly not remain among these men for ever, because they are flesh, but their days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
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Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God were wont to go in to the daughters of men, they bore [children] to them, those were the giants of old, the men of renown.
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And the Lord God having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually,
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then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered [it] deeply.
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And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them.
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But Noe found grace before the Lord God.
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And these [are] the generations of Noe. Noe was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noe was well-pleasing to God.
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And Noe begot three sons, Sem, Cham, Japheth.
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But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.
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And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
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And the Lord God said to Noe, A period of all men is come before me; because the earth has been filled with iniquity by them, and, behold, I destroy them and the earth.
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Make therefore for thyself an ark of square timber; thou shalt make the ark in compartments, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
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And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.
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Thou shalt narrow the ark in making it, and in a cubit above thou shalt finish it, and the door of the ark thou shalt make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories thou shalt make it.
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And behold I bring a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and whatsoever things are upon the earth shall die.
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And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt enter into the ark, and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
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And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.
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Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to thee, male and female to be fed with thee.
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And thou shalt take to thyself of all kinds of food which ye eat, and thou shalt gather them to thyself, and it shall be for thee and them to eat.
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And Noe did all things whatever the Lord God commanded him, so did he.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Cumque cœpissent homines multiplicari super terram, et filias procreassent,
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Videntes filii Dei filias hominum quod essent pulchræ, acceperunt sibi uxores ex omnibus, quas elegerant.
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Dixitque Deus: Non permanebit spiritus meus in homine in æternum, quia caro est: eruntque dies illius centum viginti annorum.
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Gigantes autem erant super terram in diebus illis. postquam enim ingressi sunt filii Dei ad filias hominum, illæque genuerunt, isti sunt potentes a sæculo viri famosi.
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Videns autem Deus quod multa malitia hominum esset in terra, et cuncta cogitatio cordis intenta esset ad malum omni tempore,
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pœnituit eum quod hominum fecisset in terra. Et tactus dolore cordis intrinsecus,
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Delebo, inquit, hominem, quem creavi, a facie terræ, ab homine usque ad animantia, a reptili usque ad volucres cæli. pœnitet enim me fecisse eos.
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Noe vero invenit gratiam coram Domino.
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Hæ sunt generationes Noe: Noe vir iustus atque perfectus fuit in generationibus suis, cum Deo ambulavit.
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Et genuit tres filios, Sem, Cham et Iapheth.
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Corrupta est autem terra coram Deo, et repleta est iniquitate.
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Cumque vidisset Deus terram esse corruptam, (omnis quippe caro corruperat viam suam super terram)
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dixit ad Noe: Finis universæ carnis venit coram me: repleta est terra iniquitate a facie eorum, et ego disperdam eos cum terra.
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Fac tibi arcam de lignis lævigatis: mansiunculas in arca facies, et bitumine linies intrinsecus, et extrinsecus.
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Et sic facies eam: Trecentorum cubitorum erit longitudo arcæ, quinquaginta cubitorum latitudo, et triginta cubitorum altitudo illius.
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Fenestram in arca facies, et in cubito consummabis summitatem eius: ostium autem arcæ pones ex latere: deorsum, cœnacula, et tristega facies in ea.
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Ecce ego adducam aquas diluvii super terram, ut interficiam omnem carnem, in qua spiritus vitæ est subter cælum: Universa quæ in terra sunt, consumentur.
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Ponamque fœdus meum tecum: et ingredieris arcam tu et filii tui, uxor tua, et uxores filiorum tuorum tecum.
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Et ex cunctis animantibus universæ carnis bina induces in arcam, ut vivant tecum: masculini sexus et feminini.
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De volucribus iuxta genus suum, et de iumentis in genere suo, et ex omni reptili terræ secundum genus suum: bina de omnibus ingredientur tecum, ut possint vivere.
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Tolles igitur tecum ex omnibus escis, quæ mandi possunt, et comportabis apud te: et erunt tam tibi, quam illis in cibum.
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Fecit igitur Noe omnia, quæ præceperat illi Deus.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
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God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives.
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The LORD said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years.”
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The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
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The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
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The LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
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The LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.”
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But Noah found favor in the LORD’s eyes.
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This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
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Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
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God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
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God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and the earth.
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Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
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This is how you shall make it. The length of the ship shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
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You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
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I, even I, will bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
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But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
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Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
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Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort will come to you, to keep them alive.
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Take with you some of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them.”
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Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,
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and sons of God see the daughters of men that they <FI>are<Fi> fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
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And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man--to the age; in their erring they <FI>are<Fi> flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.
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The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them--they <FI>are<Fi> the heroes, who, from of old, <FI>are<Fi> the men of name.
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And Jehovah seeth that abundant <FI>is<Fi> the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;
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and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself--unto His heart.
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And Jehovah saith, `I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'
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And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.
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These <FI>are<Fi> births of Noah: Noah <FI>is<Fi> a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.
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And Noah begetteth three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled <FI>with<Fi> violence.
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And God seeth the earth, and lo, it hath been corrupted, for all flesh hath corrupted its way on the earth.
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And God said to Noah, `An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth.
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`Make for thyself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms dost thou make with the ark, and thou hast covered it within and without with cypress;
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and this <FI>is<Fi> that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits <FI>is<Fi> the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;
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a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, --lower, second, and third <FI>stories<Fi> dost thou make it.
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`And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which <FI>is<Fi> a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that <FI>is<Fi> in the earth doth expire.
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`And I have established My covenant with thee, and thou hast come in unto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy son's wives with thee;
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and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every <FI>sort<Fi> thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they.
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Of the fowl after its kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every <FI>sort<Fi> they come in unto thee, to keep alive.
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`And thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.'
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And Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).