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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Human Wickedness</h3><p class="par"><span class="v0_6_1"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.1" class="v0_6_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.6.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When people had spread all over the world, and daughters were being born, </span><span class="v0_6_2"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.2" class="v0_6_2">2</span>some of the heavenly beings<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.6.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> saw that these young women were beautiful, so they took the ones they liked. </span><span class="v0_6_3"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.3" class="v0_6_3">3</span>Then the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said, “I will not allow people to live forever; they are mortal. From now on they will live no longer than 120 years.” </span><span class="v0_6_4"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.4" class="v0_6_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.6.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> In those days, and even later, there were giants on the earth who were descendants of human women and the heavenly beings. They were the great heroes and famous men of long ago.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_6_5"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.5" class="v0_6_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.6.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When the <span class="nd">Lord</span> saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time, </span><span class="v0_6_6"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.6" class="v0_6_6">6</span>he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret </span><span class="v0_6_7"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.7" class="v0_6_7">7</span>that he said, “I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them.” </span><span class="v0_6_8"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.8" class="v0_6_8">8</span>But the <span class="nd">Lord</span> was pleased with Noah.</span></p><h3 class="s">Noah</h3><p class="par"><span class="v0_6_9"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.9-Gen.6.10" class="v0_6_9">9-10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.6.9-Gen.6.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God, </span><span class="v0_6_11"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.11" class="v0_6_11">11</span>but everyone else was evil in God's sight, and violence had spread everywhere. </span><span class="v0_6_12"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.12" class="v0_6_12">12</span>God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v0_6_13"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.13" class="v0_6_13">13</span>God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all people. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds. </span><span class="v0_6_14"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.14" class="v0_6_14">14</span>Build a boat for yourself out of good timber; make rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out. </span><span class="v0_6_15"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.15" class="v0_6_15">15</span>Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. </span><span class="v0_6_16"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.16" class="v0_6_16">16</span>Make a roof<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.6.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> for the boat and leave a space of 18 inches between the roof<a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.6.16!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and the sides. Build it with three decks and put a door in the side. </span><span class="v0_6_17"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.17" class="v0_6_17">17</span>I am going to send a flood on the earth to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth will die, </span><span class="v0_6_18"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.18" class="v0_6_18">18</span>but I will make a covenant with you. Go into the boat with your wife, your sons, and their wives. </span><span class="v0_6_19"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.19-Gen.6.20" class="v0_6_19">19-20</span>Take into the boat with you a male and a female of every kind of animal and of every kind of bird, in order to keep them alive. </span><span class="v0_6_21"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.21" class="v0_6_21">21</span>Take along all kinds of food for you and for them.” </span><span class="v0_6_22"><span class="reftext" id="Gen.6.22" class="v0_6_22">22</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Gen.6.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Noah did everything that God commanded.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.2: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">heavenly beings; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sons of the gods; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sons of God.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.16: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">roof; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">window.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.16: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">roof; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">window.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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