1. And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,
2. that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.
3. And Jehovah said, My spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.
4. The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
5. And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6. And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7. And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8. But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.
9. These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.
10. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11. And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12. And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
13. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.