1 When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, 2 God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives. 3 The LORD said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years." 4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

5 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil. 6 The LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart. 7 The LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them." 8 But Noah found favor in the LORD’s eyes.

9 This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

1 As pessoas começaram a multiplicar-se na terra. Então, seres do mundo dos espíritos repararam na beleza das mulheres terrenas, e tomaram para si as que quiseram.

3 E o Senhor disse: O meu Espírito não continuará a ser desonrado pelo homem, visto que é todo ele mau. Dou-lhe 120 anos de vida.

4 Naqueles dias, e mesmo depois, em que aqueles seres do mundo dos espíritos tiveram relações com as mulheres da terra, os filhos que lhes nasceram tornaram-se gigantes, que foram os heróis de grande fama de que nos falam os relatos da antiguidade.

5 E o Senhor viu que a maldade humana se tinha estendido multiplicadamente, e que a imaginação e os pensamentos dos seres humanos os levavam unicamente para o mal. Então teve pena de os ter criado.

7 Tirarei da face da Terra tudo o que tem vida, desde o homem até aos próprios animais, inclusive répteis, aves, tudo. Porque estou bem triste de os ter feito.

8 Noé, contudo, dava prazer ao Senhor com a sua vida.

9 Esta é a história da vida de Noé: Era o único que vivia com justiça e rectidão na terra naquele tempo. Conduzia a sua vida sempre de acordo com a vontade de Deus. E tinha três filhos: Sem, Cam e Jafete.