Genesis 6:5-18

New American Standard Bible

⁵ Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of mankind was great on the earth, and that ^(A)every intent of the thoughts of ^[a]their hearts was only evil continually. ⁶ So ^(B)the Lord was sorry that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was ^(C)grieved ^[b]in His heart. ⁷ Then the Lord said, “^(D)I will wipe out mankind whom I have created from the face of the land; mankind, and animals as well, and crawling things, and the birds of the sky. For ^(E)I am sorry that I have made them.” ⁸ But ^(F)Noah ^(G)found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

⁹ These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a ^(H)righteous man, ^[c](I)blameless in his generation. Noah ^(J)walked with God. ¹⁰ And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

¹¹ Now the earth was ^(K)corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was ^(L)filled with violence. ¹² And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for ^[d](M)humanity had corrupted its way upon the earth.

¹³ Then God said to Noah, “^(N)The end of ^[e]humanity has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of ^[f]people; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. ¹⁴ Make for yourself an ark of ^[g]gopher wood; you shall make the ark with compartments, and ^[h]cover it inside and out with pitch. ¹⁵ This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark shall be ^[i]three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. ¹⁶ You shall make a ^[j]window for the ark, and finish it to a ^[k]cubit from ^[l]the top; and put the door of the ark on the side; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. ¹⁷ Now behold, ^(O)I Myself am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish. ¹⁸ But I will establish ^(P)My covenant with you; and ^(Q)you shall enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.