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6:1 Humankind’s evil
6 When people began to multiply on the earth’s surface, and they were having daughters,[ref] 2 God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives. 3 Then Yahweh said, “My Spirit won’t tolerate people forever, because they are physical beings, therefore their remaining time will be 120 years.” 4 The NEFILIM were on the earth in those days and also after that, when the sons of God went to the daughters of humankind and they bore children for them. INVESTIGATE They were the mighty warriors of long ago—those famous men.[ref]
5 Then Yahweh saw that the humankind’s wickedness on the earth was extensive, and that every inclination of their inner thoughts was only evil all day long.[ref] 6 So Yahweh regretted that he had made humankind on the earth and he was deeply saddened, 7 so he said, “This humankind that I created, I will completely destroy them from the surface of the ground, along with the animals, and crawling creatures and the birds of the sky, because I regret that I made them.” 8 However, Yahweh noticed Noah and was pleased with him.
6 And_he/it_was if/because it_began the_humankind to_increase_in_number on the_surface_of the_soil and_daughters they_were_born to/for_them.
2 And_they_saw the_sons_of the_ʼElohīm DOM the_daughters_of the_humankind if/because_that were_good they and_they_took to/for_them wives from_all whom they_chose.
3 And_ YHWH _he/it_said not it_will_remain my_breath/wind/spirit in/on_the_humankind to_vanishing_point in/on_that_also he is_flesh and_they_will_be his/its_days one_hundred and_twenty year[s].
4 The_Nefilim/Nephilim they_were in/on_the_earth in_the_days those and_also after thus when they_went the_sons_of the_ʼElohīm into the_daughters_of the_humankind and_they_gave_birth to/for_them they the_powerful/mighty(pl) who from_long_ago/eternity the_men_of the_name.
5 and_ YHWH _he/it_saw if/because_that was_great the_evil_of the_humankind on_the_earth and_all (the)_inclination_of the_thoughts_of his/its_heart only was_evil every_of the_day.
6 And_ YHWH _he/it_sighed/regretted if/because_that he_had_made DOM the_humankind on_the_earth and_he/it_was_worried/pained to his/its_heart.
7 And_ YHWH _he/it_said I_will_wipe DOM the_humankind which I_created from_under the_surface_of the_soil from_humankind unto animal[s] unto creeping_thing[s] and_unto the_bird[s]_of the_heavens if/because I_regret if/because_that I_have_made_them.
8 And_Noaḩ he_found favour in/on_both_eyes_of YHWH.
9 This is the account of Noah: He was a man who obeyed God, blameless among the people of his time and he walked around with God.[ref] 10 Noah had three sons: Yafet (Japheth), Shem, and Ham.
11 Now God noticed that humankind was corrupt and very violent. 12 Yes, God looked at the earth, and wow, all the living creatures on the earth had corrupted their behaviour.
13 So God told Noah, “I’ve decided to put an end to all people on earth because the earth is filled with violence because of them. So listen, I myself am going to destroy all of them, along with the earth. 14 Make yourself a wooden chest[fn] out of cypress. Build rooms inside it, and seal it both inside and outside with resin. 15 These are the dimensions for it: 140m long, 23m wide, and 14m high. 16 It must have a roof, but the last half a metre between the sides and the roof should remain open. Put the door in its side, and build lower, middle, and upper decks. 17 You see, I’m going to flood the earth with water to destroy every creature that breathes. Everything that’s on the earth will die. 18 But I’ll make an agreement with you, so you must go into this chest along with your wife and sons and their wives, 19 and you must take a pair, male and female, of everything that lives into the chest to keep alive with you. 20 Pairs of every kind of bird and animal, including every kind of creature that moves on the ground, will come to you so that you keep them alive, 21 and you must take with you some of every different kind of food and store it in there for you and them to eat. 22 So Noah did that exactly as God had specified.[ref]
6:14 The reader might have expected the word ‘ark’ here, but sadly the Latin word ‘arca’ meaning ‘large box, chest’ led to the English word ‘ark’ being invented, and why we can’t use it here, is that now for most English readers, they picture a large boat in their minds when they hear that word. If you think about the ‘ark of the covenant’ that uses the same word, hopefully you can understand how anything like a ‘boat’ is the wrong word picture, hence we’ve gone back to translating the actual Hebrew word here.
6:16 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
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