1 And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them,

2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.

3 And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

4 In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne {children} to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.

5 And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.

6 And Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

7 And Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth-from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.

8 But Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah.

9 This is the history of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect amongst his generations: Noah walked with 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。