Genesis 6 (NET)

Genesis 6:1¹When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Genesis 6:2²the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 82:6-71 John 2:16Rom 9:7-82 Pet 2:142 Sam 11:2Deut 7:3-4Neh 13:24-27Ezra 9:1-2Ezra 9:12Gen 3:6

Genesis 6:3³So the Lord said, “My Spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 9:30Isa 63:101 Pet 3:18-20Jer 11:11Ps 78:39Gal 5:16-24Acts 7:51Num 11:17Rom 8:1-131 Thess 5:19

Genesis 6:4⁴The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after this) when the sons of God would sleep with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 13:331 Sam 17:42 Sam 21:15-22Deut 3:11Deut 2:20-21Num 16:2

Genesis 6:5⁵But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 15:19Rom 1:28-31Mark 7:21-23Jer 4:14Jer 17:9Eph 2:1-3Eccl 9:3Eccl 7:29Gen 8:21Ps 53:2

Genesis 6:6⁶The Lord regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 63:101 Sam 15:11Eph 4:301 Sam 15:29Heb 3:102 Sam 24:16Jonah 3:10Num 23:19Exod 32:14Jer 18:8-10

Genesis 6:7⁷So the Lord said, “I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—everything from humankind to animals, including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zeph 1:3Ps 37:20Rom 3:20-22Jer 12:3-4Prov 10:27Prov 16:4Ps 24:1-2Hos 4:3Jer 4:22-27

Genesis 6:8⁸But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 19:19Heb 4:16Luke 1:30Ps 84:11Ps 145:201 Cor 15:10Acts 7:46Exod 33:12-17Prov 3:4Titus 2:11

Genesis 6:9⁹This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 11:7Luke 1:6Gal 3:112 Pet 2:5Gen 5:24Gen 7:1Ezek 14:14Gen 17:1Gen 5:22Job 1:1

Genesis 6:10¹⁰Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 5:32

Genesis 6:11¹¹The earth was ruined in the sight of God; the earth was filled with violence.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 8:17Hos 4:1-2Hab 2:8Rom 2:13Rom 3:19Ezek 28:16Isa 60:18Hab 1:2Jer 6:7Luke 1:6

Genesis 6:12¹²God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 53:2-3Prov 15:3Ps 14:1-32 Pet 2:5Job 22:15-171 Pet 3:19-20Gen 6:4-5Gen 6:8Gen 7:1Job 33:27

Genesis 6:13¹³So God said to Noah, “I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 4:1-21 Pet 4:7Ezek 7:2-6Gen 6:11-122 Pet 3:10-122 Pet 3:6-7Amos 8:2Gen 6:4Gen 7:23Gen 49:5

Genesis 6:14¹⁴Make for yourself an ark of cypress wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and out.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:20Luke 17:27Matt 24:38Exod 2:3

Genesis 6:15¹⁵This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 3:11Gen 7:20

Genesis 6:16¹⁶Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches from the top. Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 41:16Gen 7:16Gen 8:62 Kgs 9:302 Sam 6:16Ezek 42:3Luke 13:25

Genesis 6:17¹⁷I am about to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. Everything that is on the earth will die,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 2:5Gen 7:4Gen 7:21-231 Pet 3:20Heb 11:7Ps 107:34Amos 9:6Ps 29:10Deut 32:39Exod 14:17

Genesis 6:18¹⁸but I will confirm my covenant with you. You will enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 11:7Gen 7:7Gen 17:7Gen 7:13Isa 26:201 Pet 3:202 Pet 2:5Gen 7:1Gen 9:9-16Gen 17:21

Genesis 6:19¹⁹You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh, male and female, to keep them alive with you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 7:15-16Gen 7:8-9Gen 7:2-3Gen 8:17Ps 36:6

Genesis 6:20²⁰Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you so you can keep them alive.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 10:11-12Gen 2:19Gen 1:20-24Gen 7:8-16John 5:40Gen 1:28

Genesis 6:21²¹And you must take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten, and gather it together. It will be food for you and for them.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 1:29-30Ps 136:25Ps 145:16Job 38:41Job 40:20Matt 6:26Ps 104:27-28Ps 147:9Ps 35:6

Genesis 6:22²²And Noah did all that God commanded him—he did indeed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 40:16John 15:14John 2:5Gen 7:5Matt 7:24-27Heb 11:7-8Deut 12:32Gen 7:161 John 5:3-4Exod 40:23