and two yeeres, and begate ſonnes and daughters.
27 And all the dayes of Methuſelah were nine hundred, ſixtie and nine yeeres, and he died.
28 ¶ And Lamech liued an hundred eightie and two yeeres: and begate a ſonne.
29 And he called his name ǁǁGr. Noe. Noah, ſaying; This ſame ſhall comfort vs, concerning our woorke and toyle of our hands, becauſe of the ground, which the LORD hath curſed.
30 And Lamech liued, after hee begate Noah, fiue hundred ninetie and fiue yeeres, and begate ſonnes and daughters.
31 And all the dayes of Lamech were ſeuen hundred ſeuentie and ſeuen yeeres, and he died.
32 And Noah was fiue hundred yeeres olde: and Noah begate Sem, Ham, and Iapheth.
CHAP. VI.
1 The wickedneſſe of the world, which prouoked Gods wrath, and cauſed the Flood. 8 Noah findeth grace. 13 The order, forme, and end of the Arke.
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Nd it came to paſſe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and Daughters were borne vnto them:
2That the ſonnes of God ſaw the Daughters of men, that they were faire, and they took them wiues, of all which they choſe.
3 and the LORD ſaid, My Spirit ſhall not alwayes ſtriue with man; for that hee alſo is fleſh: yet his dayes ſhallbe an hundred and twenty yeeres.
4 There were Giants in the earth in thoſe daies: and alſo after that, when the ſonnes of God came in vnto the daughters of men, ⁊ they bare children to them; the ſame became mightie men, which were of old, men of renowme.
5 ¶ And God ſaw, that the wickednes of man was great in the earth, and ǁǁ Or, the whole imagination. The Hebr. word ſignifieth not onely the imagination, but alſo the purpoſes and deſires. that euery imagination of the thoughts of his ** Chap. 8. 21.. mat.15.19 heart was onely euill †† Hebr. euery day. continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieued him at his heart.
7 And the LORD ſaid, I will deſtroy man, whom I haue created, from the face of the earth: †Hebr. from man vnto beast, both man and beaſt, and the creeping thing, and the foules of the aire: for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9 ¶ Theſe are the generations of Noah: ** Ecclus.44.17.2 pet.2.5 Noah was a iuſt man, and ǁǁ Or, vp-right. perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begate three ſonnes: Sem, Ham, Iapheth.
11 The earth alſo was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked vpon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt: for all fleſh had corrupted his way vpon the earth.
13 And God ſaid vnto Noah, The end of all fleſh is come before mee: for the earth is filled with violence through them: and behold, I will deſtroy them ǁǁ Or, from the earth. with the earth.
14 ¶ Make thee an Arke of Gopher-wood: †† Heb. nests roomes ſhalt thou make in the arke, and ſhalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15 And this is faſhion, which thou ſhalt make it of: the length of the arke ſhalbe three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirtie cubits.
16 A window ſhalt thou make to the arke, and in a cubite ſhalt thou finish it abooe; and the doore of the arke ſhalt thou ſet in the ſide thereof: With lower, ſecond, and third ſtories ſhalt thou make it.
17 And behold, I, even I doe bring a flood of waters vpon the earth, to deſtroy all fleſh, wherein is the breath of life from vnder heauen, and every thing that is in the earth ſhall die.
18 But with thee wil I eſtablish my Couenant: and thou ſhalt come into the Arke, thou, and thy ſonnes, and thy wife, and thy ſonnes wiues with thee.
19 And of euery liuing thing of all fleſh, two of euery ſort ſhalt thou bring into the Arke, to keepe them alive with thee: they ſhall be male and female.
20 Of fowles after their kinde, and of cattel after their kinde: of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort ſhall come vnto thee, to keepe them alive.
21 And take thou vnto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou ſhalt gather it to thee: and it ſhall be for food,
