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Their days shall comprise one hundred and twenty years.</p> <p><span id="v01006004" class="ver">4</span>The Nephilim appeared on earth in those days, as well as later,<a id="rfn01006004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn01006004-1">*</a> after the sons of God had intercourse with the daughters of human beings, who bore them sons. They were the heroes of old, the men of renown.<a id="ren01006004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en01006004-b">b</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Warning of the Flood.</span> <span id="v01006005" class="ver">5</span><a id="rfn01006005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn01006005-1">*</a> When the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> saw how great the wickedness of human beings was on earth, and how every desire that their heart conceived was always nothing but evil,<a id="ren01006005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en01006005-c">c</a> <span id="v01006006" class="ver">6</span>the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> regretted making human beings on the earth, and his heart was grieved.<a id="rfn01006006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn01006006-1">*</a></p> <p><span id="v01006007" class="ver">7</span>So the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> said: I will wipe out from the earth the human beings I have created, and not only the human beings, but also the animals and the crawling things and the birds of the air, for I regret that I made them.<a id="rfn01006007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn01006007-1">*</a> <span id="v01006008" class="ver">8</span>But Noah found favor with the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p><span id="v01006009" class="ver">9</span>These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man and blameless in his generation;<a id="ren01006009-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en01006009-d">d</a> Noah walked with God. <span id="v01006010" class="ver">10</span>Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.</p> <p><span id="v01006011" class="ver">11</span>But the earth was corrupt<a id="rfn01006011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn01006011-1">*</a> in the view of God and full of lawlessness.<a id="ren01006011-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en01006011-e">e</a> <span id="v01006012" class="ver">12</span>When God saw how corrupt the earth had become, since all mortals had corrupted their ways on earth,<a id="ren01006012-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en01006012-f">f</a> <span id="v01006013" class="ver">13</span>God said to Noah: I see that the end of all mortals has come, for the earth is full of lawlessness because of them. So I am going to destroy them with the earth.<a id="ren01006013-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en01006013-g">g</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Preparation for the Flood.</span> <span id="v01006014" class="ver">14</span>Make yourself an ark of gopherwood,<a id="rfn01006014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn01006014-1">*</a> equip the ark with various compartments, and cover it inside and out with pitch. <span id="v01006015" class="ver">15</span>This is how you shall build it: the length of the ark will be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.<a id="rfn01006015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn01006015-1">*</a> <span id="v01006016" class="ver">16</span>Make an opening for daylight<a id="rfn01006016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn01006016-1">*</a> and finish the ark a cubit above it. Put the ark’s entrance on its side; you will make it with bottom, second and third decks. <span id="v01006017" class="ver">17</span>I, on my part, am about to bring the flood waters on the earth, to destroy all creatures under the sky in which there is the breath of life; everything on earth shall perish.<a id="ren01006017-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en01006017-h">h</a> <span id="v01006018" class="ver">18</span>I will establish my covenant with you. You shall go into the ark, you and your sons, your wife and your sons’ wives with you.<a id="ren01006018-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en01006018-i">i</a> <span id="v01006019" class="ver">19</span>Of all living creatures you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, one male and one female,<a id="rfn01006019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn01006019-1">*</a> to keep them alive along with you. <span id="v01006020" class="ver">20</span>Of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal, and of every kind of thing that crawls on the ground, two of each will come to you, that you may keep them alive. <span id="v01006021" class="ver">21</span>Moreover, you are to provide yourself with all the food that is to be eaten, and store it away, that it may serve as provisions for you and for them. <span id="v01006022" class="ver">22</span>Noah complied; he did just as God had commanded him.<a id="rfn01006022-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn01006022-1">*</a></p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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