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Genesis 6
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Genesis 6
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De reuzen
6 Er kwamen steeds meer mensen op de aarde. 2 En de zonen van God[a] zagen dat de dochters van de mensen erg mooi waren. Ze trouwden met hen, met wie ze maar wilden. 3 Toen zei de Heer: "Mijn Geest zal niet voor altijd de mensen blijven waarschuwen. Ze zijn sterfelijk en krijgen nog maar 120 jaar."[b]
4 In die tijd en ook daarna leefden er reuzen op aarde. Dat waren de kinderen die geboren waren nadat de zonen van God getrouwd waren met de dochters van de mensen. Zij waren de grote, machtige helden uit de vroege tijd.
Noach moet een boot bouwen
5 De Heer zag dat de mensen op de aarde erg slecht waren. Alles wat ze bedachten en deden was slecht. 6 Daarom had de Heer er spijt van dat Hij de mensen had gemaakt. Hij had veel verdriet over wat ze deden. 7 Daarom besloot Hij: "Ik zal de mensen die Ik heb gemaakt allemaal doden. En niet alleen de mensen, maar ook alle dieren. Want Ik heb er spijt van dat Ik hen heb gemaakt." 8 Maar Noach was niet slecht.[c] God zag dat en was blij met hem. Daarom wilde Hij hem redden.
9 Dit is de geschiedenis van Noach. Noach was in die tijd de enige die leefde zoals God het wil. Hij deed geen slechte dingen, want hij leefde met God. 10 Noach kreeg drie zonen: Sem, Cham en Jafet. 11 God vond dat de aarde helemaal bedorven was. Overal was geweld. 12 Hij zag dat alle mensen slecht geworden waren.
13 Daarom zei God tegen Noach: "Ik heb besloten om alle mensen te doden. Want het is hun schuld dat er zoveel geweld op aarde is. Daarom ga Ik hen samen met de aarde vernietigen. 14 Maak van hout een dichte boot, met kamers er in. Besmeer hem van binnen en van buiten met teer om hem waterdicht te maken. 15 Hij moet 300 el (150 meter) lang, 50 el (25 meter) breed en 30 el (15 meter) hoog worden. 16 Maak een raam op 1 el (50 centimeter) van de bovenkant. Maak aan de zijkant van de boot een deur. Bouw een onderste, een tweede en een derde verdieping. 17 Want Ik zal een grote overstroming laten komen. Daarmee zal Ik alles wat leeft vernietigen. Alle mensen en dieren zullen sterven. 18 Maar met jou zal Ik een verbond sluiten. Jou wil Ik redden. Jij moet in de boot gaan met je zonen, je vrouw en de vrouwen van je zonen. 19 Breng van alle dieren één mannetje en vrouwtje in de boot. Zij zullen samen met jullie worden gered. 20 Van alle soorten vogels en van alle soorten dieren zullen één mannetje en één vrouwtje naar je toe komen om te worden gered. 21 En neem eten mee voor jou, je gezin en de dieren." 22 Noach deed precies wat God hem had bevolen.
Footnotes
- Genesis 6:2 Waarschijnlijk worden hiermee engelen bedoeld die ontrouw aan God waren geworden. Lees hierover meer in Judas 1:6.
- Genesis 6:3 Als je dit vers vergelijkt met 1 Petrus 3:20 lijkt dit te betekenen dat God besloot om nog 120 jaar af te wachten of de mensen zouden ophouden met de slechte dingen die ze deden. Daarna was de tijd om en zou zijn straf komen als ze niet veranderd waren.
- Genesis 6:8 Lees ook Ezechiël 14:14 en 2 Petrus 2:5.
Genesis 6
New International Version
Genesis 6
New International Version
Wickedness in the World
6 When human beings began to increase in number on the earth(A) and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God(B) saw that the daughters(C) of humans were beautiful,(D) and they married(E) any of them they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit(F) will not contend with[a] humans forever,(G) for they are mortal[b];(H) their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
4 The Nephilim(I) were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans(J) and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.(K)
5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,(L) and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.(M) 6 The Lord regretted(N) that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth(O) the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.(P)” 8 But Noah(Q) found favor in the eyes of the Lord.(R)
Noah and the Flood
9 This is the account(S) of Noah and his family.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless(T) among the people of his time,(U) and he walked faithfully with God.(V) 10 Noah had three sons: Shem,(W) Ham and Japheth.(X)
11 Now the earth was corrupt(Y) in God’s sight and was full of violence.(Z) 12 God saw how corrupt(AA) the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.(AB) 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy(AC) both them and the earth.(AD) 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress[c] wood;(AE) make rooms in it and coat it with pitch(AF) inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.[d] 16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit[e] high all around.[f] Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. 17 I am going to bring floodwaters(AG) on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.(AH) 18 But I will establish my covenant with you,(AI) and you will enter the ark(AJ)—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.(AK) 20 Two(AL) of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind(AM) of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.(AN) 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”
22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.(AO)
Footnotes
- Genesis 6:3 Or My spirit will not remain in
- Genesis 6:3 Or corrupt
- Genesis 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Genesis 6:15 That is, about 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 135 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high
- Genesis 6:16 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
- Genesis 6:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
Genesis 6
King James Version
Genesis 6
King James Version
6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
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