1La población comenzó a multiplicarse sobre la tierra.2Entonces los hijos de Dios* se fijaron en la belleza de las mujeres y tomaron como mujeres a todas las que quisieron.3Por eso el SEÑOR dijo: «No dejaré que el ser humano viva muchísimos años, porque su maldad ha aumentado. De modo que sólo lo dejaré vivir ciento veinte años».4En aquellos días y aun después, cuando los hijos de Dios tuvieron relaciones con mujeres, nacieron gigantes que fueron famosos por su valentía.5Cuando el SEÑOR Dios vio el alcance de la maldad humana, y que la gente sólo pensaba en hacer lo malo, le dolió haberla creado y se llenó de mucho pesar.7Entonces Dios dijo: «Voy a borrar de la tierra todo lo que he creado, hombres, animales, reptiles y aves. ¡Lamento haberlos creado!».8Pero Noé contaba con la aprobación del SEÑOR.
El diluvio
9Esta es la historia de Noé y de sus descendientes. Noé era un hombre justo y bueno, y todo el tiempo vivía conforme a la voluntad de Dios.10Noé tuvo tres hijos: Sem, Cam y Jafet.11Dios vio que la humanidad se había degenerado, y practicaba la violencia. La depravación llegó a tal extremo que un día Dios le dijo a Noé: «He decidido destruir a la humanidad, porque por su culpa hay mucha violencia y corrupción en la tierra. Sí, voy a destruir a toda la gente junto con lo que hay en el mundo.14Hazte un barco de madera de pino, cubre todas sus hendijas con alquitrán, y hazle cubiertas y camarotes a todo lo largo.15Hazlo de ciento treinta y cinco metros de largo, veintidós metros y medio de ancho y trece metros y medio de alto.16Permite que entre el techo y la pared alrededor de todo el barco haya un espacio libre de unos cuarenta y cinco centímetros para que tanto la luz como el aire puedan circular. Hazle tres cubiertas: una cubierta inferior, una intermedia y una superior, y hazle una puerta al costado.17Porque voy a inundar la tierra con un diluvio para destruir a todos los seres vivos. Todos morirán.18Pero contigo haré un pacto, de modo que entrarás en el barco junto con tus hijos, tu esposa, y tus nueras, para que no mueran.19»De cada animal trae un macho y una hembra, y hazlos entrar en el barco contigo, para que sobrevivan al diluvio. Haz entrar una pareja de cada especie de animal, ave y reptil.21También guarda en el barco todo el alimento que tú y ellos necesitarán».22Y Noé hizo todo lo que Dios le mandó.
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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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