Gen 6:1-13 | ESV | STEP | When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1-13

Increasing Corruption on Earth

1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, ^a“My Spirit shall not abide in ^{▼▼Or My Spirit shall not contend with} man forever, ^cfor he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim ^{▼▼Or giants} were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

5 ^eThe Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every ^fintention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And ^gthe Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it ^hgrieved him to his heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah ⁱfound favor in the eyes of the Lord.

Noah and the Flood

9 These are the generations of Noah. ^jNoah was a righteous man, ^kblameless in his generation. Noah ^lwalked with God. 10 And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God ^msaw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, ⁿfor all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. 13 And God said to Noah, ^o“I have determined to make an end of all flesh, ^{▼▼Hebrew The end of all flesh has come before me} for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.