Genesis 6:1-10

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6 ^1-2 Now a population explosion took place upon the earth. It was at this time that beings from the spirit world^[a] looked upon the beautiful earth women and took any they desired to be their wives. ³ Then Jehovah said, “My Spirit must not forever be disgraced in man, wholly evil as he is. I will give him 120 years to mend his ways.”

⁴ In those days, and even afterwards, when the evil beings from the spirit world were sexually involved with human women, their children became giants, of whom so many legends are told. ⁵ When the Lord God saw the extent of human wickedness, and that the trend and direction of men’s lives were only towards evil, ⁶ he was sorry he had made them. It broke his heart.

⁷ And he said, “I will blot out from the face of the earth all mankind that I created. Yes, and the animals too, and the reptiles and the birds. For I am sorry I made them.”

⁸ But Noah was a pleasure to the Lord. Here is the story of Noah: ^9-10 He was the only truly righteous man living on the earth at that time. He tried always to conduct his affairs according to God’s will. And he had three sons—Shem, Ham, and Japheth.