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And it was, that man began to multiply himself upon the faces of the ground, and daughters were born to them.
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And the sons of God saw the daughters of man that they◦ were good; and they took to themselves wives of all that they chose.
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And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not contend with man to eternity, because he◦ is flesh; and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
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The Nephilim were in the land in those◦ days; and even more after the sons of God came··in to▵ the daughters of man, and they gave··birth for them; they◦ are the mighty men◦, who from an age were men◦ of renown*.
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And Jehovah saw that the evil of man was multiplied on◦ the earth, and that all that is formed by the thoughts of his heart is only evil all the day.
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And Jehovah repented that He had made man on◦ the earth, and it grieved Him to▵ His heart.
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And Jehovah said, I will wipe··away man, whom I have created, from upon the faces of the ground, from man to◦ beast, to◦ creeping thing, and to◦ the fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.
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But Noaḥ found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.
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These are the births of Noaḥ; Noaḥ was a man◦ just and perfect in his generations; Noaḥ walked with◦ God.
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And Noaḥ begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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And the earth was corrupt before God; and the earth was··filled with violence.
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And God saw the earth, and behold it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.
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And God said to Noaḥ, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence from their faces, and behold I am destroying them with◦ the earth.
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Make for thee an ark◦ of gopher wood; with◦ rooms* thou shalt make the ark◦, and shalt tar* it inside and outside with tar◦.
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And this is how▫ thou shalt make it: three hundred cubits the length of the ark◦, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height◦.
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A window* thou shalt make to the ark◦, and to▵ a cubit thou shalt complete it from above; and the entrance of the ark◦ thou shalt set in its side; with lowest◦, second, and third stories thou shalt make it.
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And I◦, behold I am bringing the flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh wherein◦ is the spirit of lives from under the heavens; everything that is in the earth shall expire.
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And I will raise··up My covenant with◦ thee; and thou shalt come into▵ the ark◦, thou◦ and thy sons, and thy wife, and the wives of thy sons, with◦ thee.
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And from all that lives from all flesh, twos from all, thou shalt bring into▵ the ark◦, to keep them alive with◦ thee; male and female they shall be.
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Of the fowl after its kind, and of the beast after its kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of all shall come to▵ thee, to cause them to live.
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And take thou◦ to thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to▵ thee, and it shall be for food for thee and for them.
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And Noaḥ did according··to all that God commanded him; so did he.
