Popular Bible Verses from Genesis 6

Share

The Lord was sorry he'd made human beings to live on the earth; it made him very sad to think about it.

The Lord saw how terribly evil people on earth had become—every single thought in their minds was evil all the time!

But the Lord was pleased with Noah.

This is the story of Noah and his family. Noah was a man of integrity, living a moral life among the people of his time. He had a close relationship with God.

So the Lord said, “I'm going to wipe out these people I created from the earth, and not only them but also the animals, the creatures that run along the ground, and the birds, because I'm sorry I made them.”

People started to increase in number and spread out across the earth. Daughters were born to them, and the sons of God saw that these women were beautiful, and they took whichever ones they wanted. Then the Lord said, “My life-giving Spirit will not remain in these people forever, because they are only mortal. The time they have left will be 120 years.” There were giants on earth in those days, and also later on. They were born after the sons of God slept with the daughters of these people. Their sons became the great warriors and famous men of ancient times.

Noah did exactly what God ordered him to do.

So God told Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all people on earth because they are all violent and lawless. I myself am going to destroy all of them, along with the earth.

Build an ark out of cypress wood. Make rooms inside the ark, and coat it with tar, both inside and out.

God recognized that the corruption in the world was due to everyone on earth living corrupt lives.

Take a pair, male and female, of every kind of animal into the ark and make sure you keep them alive.