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6:1 When mankind1 began to multiply on the face
of the earth, and daughters were born2 to them,3 6:2 the sons of God4
saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from
any they chose. 6:3 So the Lord said, "My spirit will not remain in5 mankind indefinitely,6
since7 they8 are mortal.9 They10 will remain for
one hundred and twenty more years."11
6:4 The Nephilim12 were on the earth in those
days (and also after this),13 when the sons of God were
having sexual relations with14 the daughters of mankind,
who gave birth to their children.15 They were the mighty
heroes16 of old, the famous men.17
6:5 But the Lord saw18 that the wickedness of
mankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination19
of the thoughts20 of their minds21
was only evil22 all the time.23
6:6 The Lord regretted24 that he had made mankind
on the earth, and he felt highly offended.25 6:7
So the Lord said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the
earth-everything from mankind to animals,26 including
creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made
them."
6:8 But27 Noah found favor28
in the sight of29 the Lord.
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