1 And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

2 The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

3 And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.

4 There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

5 And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

6 And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart.

7 And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

8 But Noah had grace in the eyes of God.

9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.

1 人在地上开始增多， 又生养女儿的时候，

2 神的众子看见人的女子美丽， 就随意挑选， 娶作妻子。

3 耶和华说： "人既然是属肉体的， 我的灵就不永远住在他里面， 但他的日子还有一百二十年。"

4 在那些日子， 有巨人在地上； 神的儿子和人的女子结合， 就生了上古英武有名的人物。

5 耶和华看见人在地上的罪恶很大， 终日心里思念的， 尽都是邪恶的。

6 于是， 耶和华后悔造人在地上， 心中忧伤。

7 耶和华说： "我要把我创造的人， 从地上消灭； 无论是人或牲畜， 是昆虫或是天空的飞鸟， 我都要消灭， 因为我后悔造了他们。"

8 只有挪亚在耶和华眼前蒙恩。

9 以下是挪亚的后代。挪亚是个义人， 是当时一个完全人。挪亚和 神同行。