Genesis 6 NIV ISV Parallel

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1When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,

1Now after the population of human beings had increased throughout the earth, and daughters had been born to them,

2the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.

2some divine beings noticed how attractive human women were, so they took wives for themselves from a selection that pleased them.

3Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years."

3So the LORD said, "My Spirit won't remain with human beings forever, because they're truly mortal. Their lifespan will be 120 years."

4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

4The Nephilim were on the earth at that time (and also immediately afterward), when those divine beings were having sexual relations with those human women, who gave birth to children for them. These children became the heroes and legendary figures of ancient times.

5The LORD saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.

5The LORD saw that human evil was growing more and more throughout the earth, with every inclination of people's thoughts becoming only evil on a continuous basis.

6The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.

6Then the LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and he was deeply grieved about that.

7So the LORD said, "I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created--and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground--for I regret that I have made them."

7So the LORD said, "I will annihilate these human beings whom I've created from the earth, including people, animals, crawling things, and flying creatures, because I'm grieving that I made them."

8But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

8The LORD was pleased with Noah, however.

9This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.

9These are the family records of Noah: Noah was a righteous man. Blameless during his times, Noah communed with God.

10Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.

10Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence.

11By this time, the earth had become ruined in God's opinion and filled with violence.

12God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

12God looked at the earth, observing how corrupt its population had become, because the entire human race had corrupted itself.

13So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.

13So God announced to Noah, "I've decided to destroy every living thing on earth, because it has become filled with violence due to them. Look! I'm about to annihilate them, along with the earth.

14So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.

14So make yourself an ark out of cedar, constructing compartments in it, and cover it inside and out with tar.

15This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.

15Make the ark like this: 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

16Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.

16Make a roof for the ark, and finish the walls to within one cubit from the top. Place the entrance in the side of the ark, and build a lower, a middle, and an upper deck.

17I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.

17"For my part, I'm about to flood the earth with water and destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.

18But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark--you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

18However, I will establish my own covenant with you, and you are to enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives.

19You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

19You are to bring two of every living thing into the ark so they may remain alive with you. They are to be male and female.

20Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.

20From birds according to their species, from domestic animals according to their species, and from everything that crawls on the ground according to their species —two of everything will come to you so they may remain alive.

21You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them."

21For your part, take some of the edible food and store it away—these stores will be food for you and the animals."

22Noah did everything just as God commanded him.

22Noah did all of this, precisely as God had commanded.

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