¶ And it came to pass, when men began to multiply¹ on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

That the sons² of God saw³ the daughters of men that they⁴ were fair; and they⁵ took them wives of all which they chose.

¶ And the LORD said, My⁶ spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is⁷ flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

¶ There were giants⁸ in the earth in those days; and also after⁹ that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of¹⁰ renown.

And GOD¹¹ saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination¹² of the thoughts¹³ of his heart was only evil continually¹⁴.

¶ And it repented¹⁵ the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved¹⁶ him at his heart.

And the LORD said, I will¹⁷ destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast¹⁸, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

¶¹⁹But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

These²⁰ are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just²¹ man and perfect²² in his generations, and Noah²³ walked with God.

¶ And Noah begat three sons, Shem²⁴, Ham, and Japheth.

¶ The earth also was corrupt before²⁵ God, and the earth was filled²⁶ with violence.

And God²⁷ looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all²⁸ flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

¶ And God said unto Noah, The end²⁹ of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled³⁰ with violence through them; and, behold,³¹ I will destroy them with³² the earth³³.

Make³⁴ thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms³⁵ shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits³⁶, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

A window³⁷ shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door³⁸ of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with³⁹ lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

And, behold⁴⁰, I, even I, do bring⁴¹ a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the⁴² breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die⁴³.

But with thee will I establish⁴⁴ my covenant; and thou shalt come⁴⁵ into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

And of every living thing of all⁴⁶ flesh, two⁴⁷ of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

¶ Of fowls⁴⁸ after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two⁴⁹ of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

⁵⁰And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

¶⁵¹Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.