Genesis 6
New King James Version

The Wickedness and Judgment of Man

6 Now it came to pass,^(A)when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,²that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that theywerebeautiful; and they^(B)took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.

³And theLordsaid,^(C)“My Spirit shall not^(D)strive^[a]with man forever,^(E)for heisindeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”⁴There were^[b]giants on the earth in those^(F)days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they borechildrento them. Thosewerethe mighty men whowereof old, men of renown.

⁵Then^[c]theLordsaw that the wickedness of manwasgreat in the earth, andthatevery^(G)intent^[d]of the thoughts of his heartwasonly evil^[e]continually.⁶And^(H)theLordwas sorry that He had made man on the earth, and^(I)He was grieved in His^(J)heart.⁷So theLordsaid, “I will^(K)destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”⁸But Noah^(L)found grace in the eyes of theLord.

Noah Pleases God

⁹This is the genealogy of Noah.^(M)Noah was a just man,^[f]perfect in his generations. Noah^(N)walked with God.¹⁰And Noah begot three sons:^(O)Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

¹¹The earth also was corrupt^(P)before God, and the earth was^(Q)filled with violence.¹²So God^(R)looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for^(S)all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

The Ark Prepared^(T)

¹³And God said to Noah,^(U)“The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them;^(V)and behold,^(W)I will destroy them with the earth.¹⁴Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make^[g]rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.¹⁵And this is how you shall make it: The length of the arkshall bethree hundred^[h]cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.¹⁶You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make itwithlower, second, and thirddecks.¹⁷^(X)And behold, I Myself am bringing^(Y)floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in whichisthe breath of life; everything thatison the earth shall^(Z)die.¹⁸But I will establish My^(AA)covenant with you; and^(AB)you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.¹⁹And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring^(AC)two of everysortinto the ark, to keepthemalive with you; they shall be male and female.²⁰Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of everykind^(AD)will come to you to keepthemalive.²¹And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gatheritto yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”