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1. The number of people on earth continued to increase. When these people had daughters, the sons of God saw how beautiful they were. So they chose the women they wanted. They married them, and the women had their children. Then the Lord said, "People are only human. I will not let my Spirit be troubled by them forever. I will let them live only 120 years." During this time and also later, the Nephilim people lived in the land. They have been famous as powerful soldiers since ancient times.
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1. And it came to pass H1961 , when H3588 men H120 began H2490 to multiply H7231 on H5921 the face H6440 of the earth H127 , and daughters H1323 were born H3205 unto them,
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2. That the sons H1121 of God H430 saw H7200 H853 the daughters H1323 of men H120 that H3588 they H2007 were fair H2896 ; and they took H3947 them wives H802 of all H4480 H3605 which H834 they chose H977 .
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3. And the LORD H3068 said H559 , My spirit H7307 shall not H3808 always H5769 strive H1777 with man H120 , for that he H1931 also H7945 H1571 is flesh H1320 : yet his days H3117 shall be H1961 a hundred H3967 and twenty H6242 years H8141 .
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4. There were H1961 giants H5303 in the earth H776 in those H1992 days H3117 ; and also H1571 after H310 that H3651 , when H834 the sons H1121 of God H430 came in H935 unto H413 the daughters H1323 of men H120 , and they bore H3205 children to them , the same H1992 became mighty men H1368 which H834 were of old H4480 H5769 , men H376 of renown H8034 .
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5. The Lord saw that the people on the earth were very evil. He saw that they thought only about evil things all the time.
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5. And GOD H3068 saw H7200 that H3588 the wickedness H7451 of man H120 was great H7227 in the earth H776 , and that every H3605 imagination H3336 of the thoughts H4284 of his heart H3820 was only H7535 evil H7451 continually H3605 H3117 .
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6. He was sorry that he had made people on the earth. It made him very sad in his heart.
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6. And it repented H5162 the LORD H3068 that H3588 he had made H6213 H853 man H120 on the earth H776 , and it grieved H6087 him at H413 his heart H3820 .
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7. So the Lord said, "I will destroy all the people I created on the earth. I will destroy every person and every animal and everything that crawls on the earth. And I will destroy all the birds in the air, because I am sorry that I have made them."
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7. And the LORD H3068 said H559 , I will destroy H4229 H853 man H120 whom H834 I have created H1254 from H4480 H5921 the face H6440 of the earth H127 ; both man H4480 H120 , and H5704 beast H929 , and H5704 the creeping thing H7431 , and H5704 the fowls H5775 of the air H8064 ; for H3588 it repenteth H5162 me that H3588 I have made H6213 them.
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8. But Noah pleased the Lord.
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8. But Noah H5146 found H4672 grace H2580 in the eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068 .
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9. This is the history of Noah's family. He was a good man all his life, and he always followed God.
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9. These H428 are the generations H8435 of Noah H5146 : Noah H5146 was H1961 a just H6662 man H376 and perfect H8549 in his generations H1755 , and Noah H5146 walked H1980 with H854 God H430 .
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10. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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10. And Noah H5146 begot H3205 three H7969 sons H1121 , H853 Shem H8035 , H853 Ham H2526 , and Japheth H3315 .
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11. When God looked at the earth, he saw that people had ruined it. Violence was everywhere, and it had ruined their life on earth.
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11. The earth H776 also was corrupt H7843 before H6440 God H430 , and the earth H776 was filled H4390 with violence H2555 .
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12. And God H430 looked upon H7200 H853 the earth H776 , and, behold H2009 , it was corrupt H7843 ; for H3588 all H3605 flesh H1320 had corrupted H7843 H853 his way H1870 upon H5921 the earth H776 .
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13. So God said to Noah, "Everyone has filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth.
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13. And God H430 said H559 unto Noah H5146 , The end H7093 of all H3605 flesh H1320 is come H935 before H6440 me; for H3588 the earth H776 is filled H4390 with violence H2555 through them H4480 H6440 ; and, behold H2009 , I will destroy H7843 them with H854 the earth H776 .
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14. Use cypress wood and build a boat for yourself. Make rooms in the boat and cover it with tar inside and out.
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14. Make H6213 thee an ark H8392 of gopher H1613 wood H6086 ; rooms H7064 shalt thou make H6213 H853 in the ark H8392 , and shalt pitch H3722 it within H4480 H1004 and without H4480 H2351 with pitch H3724 .
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15. "This is the size I want you to make the boat: 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
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15. And this H2088 is the fashion which H834 thou shalt make H6213 it of : The length H753 of the ark H8392 shall be three H7969 hundred H3967 cubits H520 , the breadth H7341 of it fifty H2572 cubits H520 , and the height H6967 of it thirty H7970 cubits H520 .
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16. Make a window for the boat about 1 cubit below the roof. Put a door in the side of the boat. Make three floors in the boat: a top deck, a middle deck, and a lower deck.
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16. A window H6672 shalt thou make H6213 to the ark H8392 , and in H413 a cubit H520 shalt thou finish H3615 it above H4480 H4605 ; and the door H6607 of the ark H8392 shalt thou set H7760 in the side H6654 thereof; with lower H8482 , second H8145 , and third H7992 stories shalt thou make H6213 it.
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17. "Understand what I am telling you. I will bring a great flood of water on the earth. I will destroy all living things that live under heaven. Everything on the earth will die.
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17. And, behold H2009 , I , even I H589 , do bring H935 H853 a flood H3999 of waters H4325 upon H5921 the earth H776 , to destroy H7843 all H3605 flesh H1320 , wherein H834 is the breath H7307 of life H2416 , from under H4480 H8478 heaven H8064 ; and every thing H3605 that H834 is in the earth H776 shall die H1478 .
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18. I will make a special agreement with you. You, your wife, your sons, and their wives will all go into the boat.
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18. But with H854 thee will I establish H6965 H853 my covenant H1285 ; and thou shalt come H935 into H413 the ark H8392 , thou H859 , and thy sons H1121 , and thy wife H802 , and thy sons H1121 ' wives H802 with H854 thee.
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19. Also, you will take two of every living thing on the earth with you into the boat. Take a male and female of every kind of animal so that they might survive with you.
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19. And of every H4480 H3605 living thing H2416 of all H4480 H3605 flesh H1320 , two H8147 of every H4480 H3605 sort shalt thou bring H935 into H413 the ark H8392 , to keep them alive H2421 with H854 thee ; they shall be H1961 male H2145 and female H5347 .
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20. Two of every kind of bird, animal, and creeping thing will come to you so that you might keep them alive.
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20. Of fowls H4480 H5775 after their kind H4327 , and of H4480 cattle H929 after their kind H4327 , of every H4480 H3605 creeping thing H7431 of the earth H127 after his kind H4327 , two H8147 of every H4480 H3605 sort shall come H935 unto H413 thee , to keep them alive H2421 .
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21. Also bring every kind of food into the boat, for you and for the animals."
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21. And take H3947 thou H859 unto thee of all H4480 H3605 food H3978 that H834 is eaten H398 , and thou shalt gather H622 it to H413 thee ; and it shall be H1961 for food H402 for thee , and for them.
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22. Noah did everything the Lord commanded him.
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22. Thus did H6213 Noah H5146 ; according to all H3605 that H834 God H430 commanded H6680 him, so H3651 did H6213 he.
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