1 When men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them, 2 God’s sons saw that men’s daughters were beautiful, and they took any that they wanted for themselves as wives. 3 Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years." 4 The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

5 Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil. 6 Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart. 7 Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them." 8 But Noah found favor in Yahweh’s eyes.

9 This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.

1 Quando os homens começaram a multiplicar-se sobre a terra e lhes nasceram filhas,

2 viram os filhos de Deus que as filhas dos homens eram formosas, e tomaram para si mulheres de todas as que escolheram.

3 Então disse Jeová: O meu espírito não permanecerá para sempre no homem; por causa do seu errar é ele carne; portanto os seus dias serão cento e vinte anos.

4 Ora naqueles dias estavam os Nefilins na terra, e também depois, quando os filhos de Deus conheceram as filhas dos homens, as quais lhes deram filhos. Os Nefilins eram os valentes que houve na antiguidade, varões de renome.

5 Viu Jeová que era grande a maldade do homem na terra, e que toda a imaginação dos pensamentos do seu coração era má continuamente.

6 Então se arrependeu Jeová de ter feito o homem na terra, e pesou-lhe em seu coração.

7 Disse Jeová: Farei desaparecer da face da terra o homem que criei, desde o homem até o animal, até os répteis e até as aves do céu; porque me arrependo de os haver feito.

8 Porém Noé achou graça aos olhos de Jeová.

9 Estas são as gerações de Noé. Noé foi um homem justo e perfeito nas suas gerações: Noé andou com Deus.