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[1] And it came to passe, that when men began to be multiplied in the vpper face of the earth, there were daughters borne vnto the
[2] And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all
[3] And the Lorde sayde: My spirite shall not alwayes stryue with man, because he is fleshe: yet his dayes shalbe an hundreth and twentie yeres
[4] But there were Giantes in those dayes in ye earth: yea & after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of me, and hadde begotten chyldren of them, the same became myghtie men of the worlde, and men of renowme
[5] But God sawe that the malice of man was great in the earth, and all the imagination of the thoughtes of his heart [was] only euyll euery day
[6] And it repented the Lord that he had made man vpon the earth, & he was touched with sorowe in his heart
[7] And the Lorde sayde: I wyll from the vpper face of the earth, destroy man whom I haue created, from man vnto cattell, vnto worme, and vnto foules of the ayre: For it repenteth me that I haue made them
[8] But Noah founde grace in the eyes of the Lorde
[9] These are the generations of Noah: Noah [was] a iust man, and perfect in his generations: And Noah walked with God
[10] Noah begat three sonnes, Sem, Ham, and Iapheth
[11] The earth also was corrupt before God, and the same earth was fylled with crueltie
[12] And God loked vpon the earth, and beholde it was corrupt: for all fleshe had corrupt his way vpon earth
[13] And God sayd vnto Noah: the ende of all fleshe is come before me, for the earth is fylled with crueltie through them, and beholde I wyl destroy them with the earth
[14] Make thee an Arke of Pine trees: Habitations shalt thou make in the arke, and shalt pitch it within and with out with pitche
[15] And of this fashion shalt thou make it: The length of the arke [shalbe] three hundreth cubites, the breadth of it fiftie cubites, & the height of it thirtie cubites
[16] A wyndowe shalt thou make in the arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finishe it aboue: but the doore of the arke shalt thou set in the syde therof. With three loftes one aboue another shalt thou make it
[17] And beholde, I, euen I do bryng a fludde of waters vpon the earth, to destroy all fleshe wherin is the breath of lyfe vnder heauen, and euery thyng that is in the earth shall perishe
[18] With thee also wyll I make my couenaunt: and thou shalt come into the arke, thou and thy sonnes, thy wife, and thy sonnes wyues with thee
[19] And of euery lyuyng thyng of all fleshe, a payre of euery one shalt thou bryng into the arke to kepe them alyue with thee, they shalbe male & female
[20] Of fethered foules also after their kinde, and of all cattell after their kinde: of euery worme of the earth after his kynde, two of euery one shall come vnto thee, to kepe [them] alyue
[21] And take thou with thee of all meate that is eaten, and thou shalt lay it vp with thee, that it may be meate for thee and them
[22] Noah therfore dyd according vnto all that God commaunded hym [euen] so dyd he
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