Gen 6-7, Job 22:15-17, Luk 17:26-27, Heb 11:7, 1Pe 3:20-21 | ESV | STEP | When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6

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. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. ^{▼▼An unknown kind of tree; transliterated from Hebrew} Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. 15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits. 16 Make a roof ^{▼▼Or skylight} for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17 ^tFor behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. 18 But ^uI will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female. 20 Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive. 21 Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.” 22 ^vNoah did this; he did all that God commanded him.

Genesis 7

1 Then the Lord said to Noah, ^w“Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that ^xyou are righteous before me in this generation. 2 Take with you seven pairs of all ^yclean animals, ^{▼▼Or seven of each kind of clean animal} the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate, 3 and seven pairs ^{▼▼Or seven of each kind} of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth. 4 For in seven days ^abI will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, ^acand every living thing ^{▼▼Hebrew all existence; also verse 23} that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.” 5 ^aeAnd Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him.

6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth. 7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground, 9 two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And after seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the ^affountains of the great deep burst forth, and ^agthe windows of the heavens were opened. 12 And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On the very same day Noah and his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark, 14 they and every beast, according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, according to its kind, and every bird, according to its kind, every winged creature. 15 They ^ahwent into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. 16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in ^aias God had commanded him. And the Lord shut him in.

17 The flood ^ajcontinued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} deep. 21 And ^alall flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind. 22 Everything on the dry land ^amin whose nostrils was the breath of life died. 23 He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only ^anNoah was left, and those who were with him in the ark. 24 And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.

Job 22:15-17

15 Will you keep to the old way
that wicked men have trod?
16 They were snatched away ^aobefore their time;
their foundation was washed away.
17 They said to God, ^ap‘Depart from us,’
and ^aq‘What can the Almighty do to us?’ ^{▼▼Hebrew them}

Luke 17:26-27

26 ^asJust as it was in the days of ^atNoah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 ^auThey were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Hebrews 11:7

7 By faith ^avNoah, being warned by God concerning ^awevents as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of ^axthe righteousness that comes by faith.

1 Peter 3:20-21

20 because ^{▼▼Or when} they formerly did not obey, ^azwhen God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, ^bawhile the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, ^bbeight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, ^bcnow saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but ^bdas an appeal to God for a good conscience, ^bethrough the resurrection of Jesus Christ,