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 that the daughters of men [were] fair, and they took [for] themselves wives of all whom they chose.

3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for certainly he [is] flesh; yet his days shall be one 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 bore [sons] to them, the same [became] mighty men who [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 the LORD repented of having 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 animals and the fowls of the air; for I repent of having 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.