1. And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

2. That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

3. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

4. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

5. And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

6. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

7. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

9.These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

10. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

13. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

14. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

15. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

16. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

17. And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

18. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

19. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

20. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

21. And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

22. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

1. And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them:

2. That the sonnes of God saw the daughters of men, that they were faire, and they took them wiues, of all which they chose.

3. And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not alwayes striue with man; for that hee also is flesh: yet his dayes shalbe an hundred and twenty yeeres.

4. There were Giants in the earth in those daies: and also after that, when the sonnes of God came in vnto the daughters of men, & they bare children to them; the same became mightie men, which were of old, men of renowme.

5. And God saw, that the wickednes of man was great in the earth, and that euery imagination of the thoughts of his heart was onely euill continually.

6. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieued him at his heart.

7. And the LORD said, I will destroy man, whom I haue created, from the face of the earth: both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the foules of the aire: for it repenteth me that I haue made them.

8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

9. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a iust man, and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

10. And Noah begate three sonnes: Sem, Ham, and Iapheth.

11. The earth also was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.

12. And God looked vpon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupted his way vpon the earth.

13. And God said vnto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before mee; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

14. Make thee an Arke of Gopher-wood: roomes shalt thou make in the arke, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

15. And this is the fashion, which thou shalt make it of: the length of the arke shalbe three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirtie cubits.

16. A window shalt thou make to the arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finish it aboue; and the doore of the arke shalt thou set in the side thereof: With lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

17. And behold, I, euen I doe bring a flood of waters vpon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life from vnder heauen, and euery thing that is in the earth shall die.

18. But with thee wil I establish my Couenant: and thou shalt come into the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.

19. And of euery liuing thing of all flesh, two of euery sort shalt thou bring into the Arke, to keepe them aliue with thee: they shall be male and female.

20. Of fowles after their kinde, and of cattel after their kinde: of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, to keepe them aliue.

21 And take thou vnto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food, for thee, and for them.

22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

I == Gen 1:28

 

 

II == Deut 7:3-4

 

 

III == Ps 78:39 ; Gal 5:16-17 ; 1st Peter 3:19-20

 

 

 

 

 

 

V == Gen 8:21 ; Deut 29:19 ; Prov 6:18 ; Matt 15:19 ; Rom 7:18

 

VI == Num 23:19 ; 1st Sam 15:11 , 29 ; 2nd Sam 24:16 ; Isa 63:10 ; Mal 3:6 ; Eph 4:30 ; James 1:17

 

 

 

VIII == Gen 19:19 ; Ex 33:12-13 , 16-17 ; Luke 1:30 ; Acts 7:46

IX == Gen 5:22 ; 7:1 ; Ezek 14:14 , 20 ; Rom 1:17 ; Heb 11:7 ; 2nd Peter 2:5

X Gen 5:32

XI == Gen 7:1 ; 10:9 ; 13:13 ; 2nd Chr 34:27 ; Ezek 8:17 ; 28:16 ; Hab 2:8 , 17 ; Luke 1:6 ; Rom 2:13 ; 3:19

XII == Gen 18:21 ; Ps 14:2 ; 33:13-14 ; 53:2-3

XIII == Gen 6:1 ; Jer 51:13 ; Ezek 7:2-3 , 6 ;Amos 8:2 ; 1st Peter 4:7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XVII == Gen 6:13 ; 7:4 , 21-23 ; 2nd Peter 2:5

 

 

XVIII == Gen 7:1 , 7 , 13 ;1st Peter 3:20 ; 2nd Peter 2:5

 

XIX == Gen 7:8-9 , 15-16

 

 

 

XX == Gen 2:19 ; 7:9 , 15

 

 

XXII ==Gen 7:5 , 9 , 16 ; Ex 40:16 ; Heb 11:7

 

 

 

1 When men began to multiply on earth and daughters were born to them,

2 the sons of heaven saw how beautiful the daughters of man were, and so they took for their wives as many of them as they chose.

3 Then the LORD said: "My spirit shall not remain in man forever, since he is but flesh. His days shall comprise one hundred and twenty years."

4 At that time the Nephilim appeared on earth (as well as later), after the sons of heaven had intercourse with the daughters of man, who bore them sons. They were the heroes of old, the men of renown.

5 When the LORD saw how great was man's wickedness on earth, and how no desire that his heart conceived was ever anything but evil,

6 he regretted that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was grieved.

7 So the LORD said: "I will wipe out from the earth the men whom I have created, and not only the men, but also the beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air, for I am sorry that I made them."

8 But Noah found favor with the LORD.

9 These are the descendants of Noah. Noah, a good man and blameless in that age,

10 for he walked with God, begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 In the eyes of God the earth was corrupt and full of lawlessness.

12 When God saw how corrupt the earth had become, since all mortals led depraved lives on earth,

13 he said to Noah: "I have decided to put an end to all mortals on earth; the earth is full of lawlessness because of them. So I will destroy them and all life on earth.

14 Make yourself an ark of gopherwood, put various compartments in it, and cover it inside and out with pitch.

15 This is how you shall build it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

16 Make an opening for daylight in the ark, and finish the ark a cubit above it. Put an entrance in the side of the ark, which you shall make with bottom, second and third decks.

17 I, on my part, am about to bring the flood (waters) on the earth, to destroy everywhere all creatures in which there is the breath of life; everything on earth shall perish.

18 But with you I will establish my covenant; you and your sons, your wife and your sons' wives, shall go into the ark.

19 Of all other living creatures you shall bring two into the ark, one male and one female, that you may keep them alive with you.

20 Of all kinds of birds, of all kinds of beasts, and of all kinds of creeping things, two of each shall come into the ark with you, to stay alive.

21 Moreover, you are to provide yourself with all the food that is to be eaten, and store it away, that it may serve as provisions for you and for them."

22 This Noah did; he carried out all the commands that God gave him.

v 1,2. Some consider this to mean the godly line of Seth married the ungodly line of Cain, the problem being neither line was godly, only a remnant. Others believe that sinning angels cohabited with the daughters of men. The Jews have held this tradition from early time, also Josephus, and the Septuagint reads, “angels of God”. This has real merit. In Job 1:6 and 2:1, he refers to the sons of God as angelic or spirit beings. Peter mentions the spirits which were disobedient while the ark was being constructed, 1 Pet. 3:19,20. In 2 Pet. 2:4 he speaks of the angels which sinned. Jude 6,7 speak of these same angels as failing to keep their own estate , but leaving their proper habitation. For those who claim angels are sexless, the Bible only claims there won’t be sexuality in heaven, Mk 12:25. We know angels took on human bodies of men in the OT. But these are “sons of God”, which only refers to created beings in the OT, not begat individuals and not the same as we being sons of God in the New. Angels cohabiting with women caused such unnatural beings and sin that God destroyed them all in the flood, and those angels are chained.
Another view is that just as in Ezekiel 28:11-19 and Daniel 10:13, demons inhabited kings and rulers, fallen angels inhabited powerful, mighty men and they took women unto themselves in harems.

v 3. It would be 120 years before the flood.

v 4 See v 2. They were renowned tyrants, noted for their violence. (Even if they were physical giants, that is a mere fact, and totally unrelated to words “sons of God”) These giants all perished in the flood, so later giants were not descended from them.

v 5-7. Extreme wickedness. God was grieved or moved to pity, He never changes, “God is not a man that he should--- repent”, Num. 23:19.

v 8-12. Enoch and Noah are the only two to have it said they walked with God. All the rest of the world was in unimaginable corruption and violence and doomed. Notice the stress placed upon violence and the destruction of the earth Today violence is rampant, even in video games etc.

v 13. Man was destroyed with the earth, so the flood is considered a destruction of the earth, compare 2 Pet. 3:6.

v 14. The ark is a type of Christ as a refuge for His people. The word “pitch” is from the same word translated atonement in Lev. 17;11 etc.

v 15,16. This would be 450 ft L, 75’ W, and 45’ deep,the ark was a barge. It had three stories, and the window was probably a vent extending the full length on both sides or more likely a raised cupola running the length of the middle. I allowed light and ventilation, but little could be seen. This was ample size for twos of all young animals old enough to reproduce. Feed and water was not the problem imagined, because they were probably semi hibernating. Besides, the Lord multiplied bread, fish and the widow’s oil, and could certainly multiply this food. and water. The ceiling height would allow for accumulation of refuse and bedding. There are several reports and unclear photographs of the ark on Mt Ararat, but none are yet confirmed.

v 17,18. This was a world wide flood and all land life outside the ark would die. It is quite likely that the convulsions of earth and water also killed much sea life. This is the first mention of a covenant, and according to verse 8, it would have been a covenant of grace. It was unconditional as the promise of Gen. 3:15.

v 19-22. This is a preliminary instruction about animals and food. More details will be given about 120 years later (chapter 7), but Noah was totally obedient. This mammoth building project must have required much hired help. Noah’s sons were not born till some twenty years later, and probably grew up helping also. The ridicule he endured must have been tremendous.