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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 6 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > Genesis 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/5.htm" title="Genesis 5">◄</a> Genesis 6 <a href="../genesis/7.htm" title="Genesis 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/genesis/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">God’s Grief over Humankind’s Wickedness</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> said, “My spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after this) when the sons of God were having sexual relations with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> said, “I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth – everything from humankind to animals, including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But Noah found favor in the sight of the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="title">The Judgment of the Flood</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This is the account of Noah.</p><p class="bodytext">Noah was a godly man; he was blameless</p><p class="bodytext">among his contemporaries. He walked with God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The earth was ruined in the sight of God; the earth was filled with violence. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So God said to Noah, “I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Make for yourself an ark of cypress wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and out. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches from the top. Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I am about to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. Everything that is on the earth will die, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>but I will confirm my covenant with you. You will enter the ark – you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh, male and female, to keep them alive with you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you so you can keep them alive. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And you must take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten, and gather it together. It will be food for you and for them.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Noah did all that God commanded him – he did indeed.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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