6: 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of man that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.
6: 3 And Jehovah said, 67My Spirit shall not 68strive in man for ever, 69in their going astray they are flesh: his days shall be 70yet a hundred twenty years.
67Or, My spirits shall not rule among men for ever, or, …among the race of Adam for ever, [Spirit and man may both be generic plurals.]
68Or, rule in According to Gk. Septuagint, Aramaic, and Latin Vulgate, abide in
69Or, for that he also is flesh:
70Or, therefore
6: 4 The 71Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of man, and they bare children to them: the same were the 72mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
71Or, fallen ones or, fellers (maniacal killers) or, giants Compare Nu 13:33.
72Neanderthal mtDNA is scarcely found in the DNA of modern humans, suggesting Neanderthal is among the possible remains of these progeny. Nature 404, p. 490-492 (30 March 2000). [But “comparison with modern populations provides no evidence for the multiregional hypothesis of modern human evolution.”]
6: 5 And Jehovah 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: 6 And it repenteth Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
6: 7 And Jehovah said, I will 73destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repented me that I have made them.
73Hb. blot out
6: 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.
6: 9 These are the 74generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and 75perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.
74Or, origins or, ancestors or, family history Similarly in many places. Cf. footnote on ch. 2:4.
75Or, blameless
6: 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
6: 11 And the earth was corrupt before the face of God, and the earth was filled with violence.
6: 12 And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
6: 13 And 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.
6: 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; 76rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
76Hb, nests Thus, stacking might be inferred.
6: 15 And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
6: 16 A 77light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it 78upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
77Or, roof
78Or, from above; Perhaps a 1:25 slanted roof.
6: 17 And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die.
6: 18 But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons wives with thee.
6: 19 79And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; 80they shall be male and female.
79A large estimate of the number of land mammalia species is: 290 larger than a sheep, 757 from size of a sheep to size of a rat, and 1359 smaller than the size of a rat; with average about the size of a cat. [Estimate reportedly from Dr. Harry Rimmer.] Floor space might be 14,000 m2 (±30%), or 6 m2 per species, before accounting for any stacking.
80Thus, two pair seems to be implied.
6: 20 Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
6: 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
6: 22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
