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10 genesis 6:4
6:4 4  T he Neph­i­lim were on the e
­ arth in t ­ hose days — ​a nd
also af­ter­ward — ​when the sons of God went to the daugh­
ters of hu­mans and had chil­d ren by them. They were the
he­roes of old, men of re­nown.
5  T he Lord saw how g
­ reat the wick­ed­ness of the hu­man
race had be­come on the ­earth, and that ev­ery in­cli­na­tion of
the t ­ houghts of the hu­man h
­ eart was only evil all the time.
6  T he Lord re­g ret­ted that he had made hu­man be­ings on
the ­earth, and his h
­ eart was deep­ly trou­bled. 7  So the Lord
said, “I will wipe from the face of the ­earth the hu­man race
I have cre­at­ed — ​and with them the an­i­mals, the b
­ irds and
the crea­t ures that move ­a long the ­ground — ​for I re­gret that
I have made them.” 8  But Noah f ­ ound fa­vor in the eyes of
the Lord.
Nephilim
Nephilim were people who were
very tall, strong and powerful. They
were known as heroes because of
their power as rulers.
6:7
God destroyed other
creatures beside humans
with the flood.
Human sin contaminated
everything God had made. So the
animal world also shared in God’s
judgment.
6:14
The ark
This ark is the ship God told Noah
to build. It was about 450 feet long,
75 feet wide and 45 feet high.
N OAH AN D TH E FLO O D
9  T his
is the ac­count of Noah and his fam­i ­ly.
Noah was a righ­teous man, blame­less ­among the peo­ple
of his time, and he ­walked faith­f ul­ly with God. 10  Noah had
three sons: Shem, Ham and Ja­pheth.
11  Now the e
­ arth was cor­r upt in G
­ od’s ­sight and was full
of vi­o­lence. 12  God saw how cor­r upt the e ­ arth had be­come,
for all the peo­ple on ­earth had cor­r upt­ed t ­ heir ways. 13  So
God said to Noah, “I am go­ing to put an end to all peo­
ple, for the e ­ arth is ­f illed with vi­o­lence be­cause of them. I
am sure­ly go­ing to de­stroy both them and the e ­ arth. 14  So
make your­self an ark of cy­press  a wood; make r ­ ooms in it
and coat it with ­pitch in­side and out. 15  T his is how you are
to b
­ uild it: The ark is to be ­three hun­d red cu­bits long, fif­t y
cu­bits wide and thir­t y cu­bits high.  b 16  Make a roof for it,
leav­ing be­low the roof an open­ing one cu­bit  c
high all a ­ round.  d Put a door in the side of
the ark and make low­er, mid­d le and
­ ring
up­p er ­decks. 17  I am go­ing to b
flood­wa­ters on the ­earth to de­stroy all
life un­der the heav­ens, ev­ery crea­t ure
that has the b
­ reath of life in it. Ev­ery­
thing on ­earth will per­ish. 18  But I will
es­tab­lish my cov­enant with you, and you
will en­ter the ark — ​you and your sons
and your wife and your sons’ ­w ives
with you. 19  You are to ­bring into the
ark two of all liv­ing crea­t ures, male
and fe­male, to keep them a ­ live with
you. 20  Two of ev­ery kind of bird, of
ev­ery kind of an­i­mal and of ev­ery kind of crea­ture that
moves ­a long the ­g round will come to you to be kept ­a live.
21  You are to take ev­ery kind of food that is to be eat­en and
store it away as food for you and for them.”
22  Noah did ev­ery­t hing just as God com­mand­ed him.
a  14 
The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.    b  15 That
is, about 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 135 meters
long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high    c  16  That is, about 18 inches
or about 45 centimeters    d  16  The meaning of the Hebrew for this
clause is uncertain.