1. And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,
2. the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose.
3. And God said: "My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."
4. Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they conceived, these became the powerful ones of ancient times, men of renown.
5. Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times,
6. repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart,
7. he said, "I will eliminate man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man to other living things, from animals even to the flying things of the air. For it grieves me that I have made them."
8. Yet truly, Noah found grace before the Lord.
9. These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man, and yet he was predominate among his generations, for he walked with God.
10. And he conceived three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.