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.
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1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.3And 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.4There 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.5And 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.6And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.7And 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.8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.13And 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.14Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.15And 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.16A 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.17And, 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.18But 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.19And 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.20Of 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.21And 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.22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
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