1Jordens befolkning var nu vokset meget, og der blev født mange smukke piger.2„Gudesønnerne”* blev tiltrukket af de smukke piger, og tog sig så mange koner iblandt dem, som de havde lyst til.3Da sagde Gud: „Min Ånd* skal ikke for altid strides med menneskene, for de er jo blot kød og blod. Jeg vil give dem 120 år.”*4Dengang „gudesønnerne” fik børn med „menneskedøtrene”, var der mægtige mænd på jorden, de berømte helte fra gamle dage.5Da Herren så, hvordan menneskenes ondskab voksede, så de hele dagen kun tænkte onde tanker,6blev han ked af, at han havde skabt dem. Al den ondskab skar ham i hjertet.7„Jeg vil fjerne de mennesker, jeg har skabt, fra jordens overflade,” sagde han. „Og jeg vil udrydde både de vilde og tamme dyr og alle fuglene, for jeg fortryder, at jeg skabte dem.”8Men Herren var tilfreds med Noa.9Dette er Noas historie: Noa var dengang det eneste menneske på jorden, som Gud kunne acceptere. Han levede i et nært forhold til Gud.10Han havde tre sønner: Sem, Kam og Jafet.11Men ondskaben voksede ud over jorden. I Guds øjne blev verden mere og mere ond. Menneskene var onde og fordærvede i bund og grund.13Da sagde Gud til Noa: „Jeg har besluttet at udrydde menneskene, for de er skyld i, at verden er fuld af vold og ondskab.14Men du skal bygge en ark af gofertræ og tætne den med tjære både indvendigt og udvendigt. Du skal indrette den med mange rum.15Sådan her skal du bygge arken: Den skal være 150 meter* lang, 25 meter bred og 15 meter høj.16Du skal lave taget, så det ender en halv meter over arken,* og du skal lave en dør i siden på arken. Du skal indrette den med et nederste, mellemste og øverste dæk.17Jeg vil nemlig sende en stor oversvømmelse, som vil udrydde alt, hvad der lever på landjorden. Både dyr og mennesker skal dø.18Men jeg vil oprette en pagt* med dig. Du skal gå ind i arken sammen med din kone, dine sønner og deres koner.19I skal medbringe en han og en hun af alle de tamme og vilde dyr og alle fuglene, for at de kan overleve sammen med jer.21Og I skal tage mad med, så der er nok til både jer og dyrene.”22Noa begyndte med det samme at gøre, hvad Gud havde befalet ham.
English Standard Version
Increasing Corruption on Earth
1When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,2the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.3Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in* man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.”4The Nephilim* 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.5The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.6And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.7So 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.”8But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
Noah and the Flood
9These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.10And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.11Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.12And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.13And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh,* for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.14Make yourself an ark of gopher wood.* Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.15This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits,* its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.16Make a roof* 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.17For 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.18But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.19And 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.20Of 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.21Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.”22Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
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