| Berean Study Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, | 1Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, |
| 2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose. | 2that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. |
| 3So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.” | 3Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years." |
| 4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown. | 4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. |
| 5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. | 5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. |
| 6And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. | 6The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. |
| 7So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.” | 7The LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them." |
| 8Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD. | 8But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. |
| 9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. | 9These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God. |
| 10And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. | 10Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. |
| 11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. | 11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. |
| 12And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways. | 12God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. |
| 13Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth. | 13Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. |
| 14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out. | 14"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. |
| 15And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. | 15"This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. |
| 16You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks. | 16"You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. |
| 17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish. | 17"Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish. |
| 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. | 18"But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark-- you and your sons and your wife, and your sons' wives with you. |
| 19And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you. | 19"And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. |
| 20Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive. | 20"Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. |
| 21You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.” | 21"As for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food for you and for them." |
| 22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him. | 22Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did. |
| The Berean Bible (Berean Study Bible (BSB) © 2016, 2018 by Bible Hub and Berean.Bible. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. | New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit //www.lockman.org |
|
