{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T06:24:47.336Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":6,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they <i>were</i> fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also <i>is</i> flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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 bare <i>children</i> to them, the same <i>became</i> mighty men which <i>were</i> of old, men of renown."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And GOD saw that the wickedness of man <i>was</i> great in the earth, and <i>that</i> every imagination of the thoughts of his heart <i>was</i> only evil continually."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"These <i>are</i> the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man <i>and</i> perfect in his generations, <i>and</i> Noah walked with God."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And this <i>is the fashion</i> which thou shalt make it <i>of</i>: The length of the ark <i>shall be</i> three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; <i>with</i> lower, second, and third <i>stories</i> shalt thou make it."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein <i>is</i> the breath of life, from under heaven; <i>and</i> every thing that <i>is</i> in the earth shall die."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every <i>sort</i> shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep <i>them</i> alive with thee; they shall be male and female."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every <i>sort</i> shall come unto thee, to keep <i>them</i> alive."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather <i>it</i> to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 6 (KJV)","markdown":"[Genesis 6](https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/6 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}