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And it came to pass, when Adam began to multiply upon the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
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that the sons of Elohim saw the daughters of Adam, that they were good in appearance; and they took women for themselves from all whom they chose.
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And Yahuah said, “My Ruach shall not remain with Adam perpetually, for he is also flesh. And his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”
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The Nephilim were upon the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of Elohim came in to the daughters of Adam, and they brought forth children to them. These were the mighty ones who were from ancient time, men of renown.
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And Yahuah saw that the evil of Adam had become great upon the earth, and that every formation of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
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And Yahuah was grieved that He had made Adam upon the earth, and He was pained within His heart.
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And Yahuah said, “I will wipe away Adam whom I created from upon the face of the ground—from Adam to beast, to moving creature, and to the flying creatures of the heavens—for I am grieved that I made them.”
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But Noach found favor in the eyes of Yahuah.
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These are the generations of Noach. Noach was a righteous man, whole within his generations. Noach walked with Elohim.
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And Noach brought forth three sons: Shem, Cham, and Yafet.
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And the earth had become corrupt before Elohim, and the earth was filled with violence.
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And Elohim saw the earth, and see: it was corrupt, because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
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And Elohim said to Noach, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, because the earth is filled with violence through them. And see: I am bringing their ruin together with the earth.
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Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood. You shall make compartments within the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.
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And this is how you shall make it: three hundred cubits shall be the length of the ark, fifty cubits its width, and thirty cubits its height.
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You shall make an opening for the ark, and complete it to a cubit from above. And you shall set the entrance of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
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And I—see—I am bringing the floodwaters upon the earth to bring ruin upon all flesh in which is the breath of life beneath the heavens. Everything that is upon the earth shall expire.
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But I will establish My covenant with you. And you shall enter the ark—you, your sons, your ishah, and the women of your sons with you.
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And from every living thing, from all flesh, two of each you shall bring into the ark to keep alive with you. Male and female they shall be.
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From the flying creatures according to their kinds, from the livestock according to their kinds, and from every moving creature of the ground according to its kind, two of each shall come to you to be kept alive.
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And you, take for yourself from every food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”
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And Noach did so. According to all that Elohim commanded him, so he did.