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Genesis 7:1
birth, Jared lived 800 years, and he had ways completely evil. The LORD regretted other sons and daughters. 20 In all, Jared making human beings on the earth, and he lived 962 years, and he died.
was heartbroken. 'So the LORD said, “I will 21When Enoch was 65 years old, he be- wipe off of the land the human race that I've came the father of Methuselah. 22 Enoch created: from human beings to livestock to walked with God. After Methuselah's the crawling things to the birds in the skies, birth, Enoch lived 300 years; and he had because I regret I ever made them.” But as other sons and daughters. 23 In all, Enoch for Noah, the LORD approved of him. lived 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God 'These are Noah's descendants. In his and disappeared because God took him. generation, Noah was a moral and exem
25When Methuselah was 187 years plary man; he walked with God. 1°Noah old, he became the father of Lamech. had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 26 After Lamech's birth, Methuselah "In God's sight, the earth had become corlived 782 years; and he had other sons rupt and was filled with violence. God saw and daughters. 27 In all, Methuselah lived that the earth was corrupt, because all crea969 years, and he died.
tures behaved corruptly on the earth. 28 When Lamech was 182 years old, he 3God said to Noah, “The end has come became the father of a son and named for all creatures, since they have filled the him Noah, saying, "This one will give us earth with violence. I am now about to dereliefw from our hard work, from the pain stroy them along with the earth, so make in our hands, because of the fertile land a wooden ark. Make the ark with nesting that the LORD cursed.” 30 After Noah's places and cover it inside and out with tar. birth, Lamech lived 595 years; and he 15 This is how you should make it: four hunhad other sons and daughters. "In all, dred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, Lamech lived 777 years, and he died. and forty-five feet high. Make a roof for
32 When Noah was 500 years old, the ark and complete it one foot from the Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, top. Put a door in its side. In the hold below, and Japheth.
make the second and third decks.
17“I am now bringing the floodwaters over Ancient heroes
the earth to destroy everything under the sky When the number of people started to that breathes. Everything on earth is about
increase throughout the fertile land, to take its last breath. 18 But I will set up my daughters were born to them. The divine covenant with you. You will go into the ark beings saw how beautiful these human together with your sons, your wife, and your women were, so they married the ones they sons' wives. "From all living things—from chose. "The LORD said, “My breath will not all creatures—you are to bring a pair, male remain in humans forever, because they and female, into the ark with you to keep are flesh. They will live one hundred twenty them alive. 20From each kind of bird, from years." "In those days, giants' lived on the each kind of livestock, and from each kind of earth and also afterward, when divine be- everything that crawls on the ground-a pair ings and human daughters had sexual rela- from each will go in with you to stay alive. tions and gave birth to children. These were 2 Take some from every kind of food and the ancient heroes, famous men.
stow it as food for you and for the animals."
22 Noah did everything exactly as God Great flood
commanded him. 5The LORD saw that humanity had become thoroughly evil on the earth and that The LORD said to Noah, “Go into the every idea their minds thought up was al- lark with your whole household, because
WHeb resembles the sound of Noah's name. *Or spirit or the Nephilim ?Heb Noah Or ark of gopher wood, an O unknown species of tree or window 'Heb uncertain
