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Genesis 6

3 God threateneth to bring the flood. 5 Man is altogether corrupt. 18 Nóah is preſerued in the Arke, which he was commanded to make.
1.SO when men began to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them,
2.Then the a ſonnes of God ſawe the daughters b of men that they were c faire, and they toke them wiues of all that they liked.
3.Therefore the Lord ſaid, My Spirit ſhal not alway d ſtriue with man, becauſe he is but fleſh, & his dayes ſhal be an e hundreth and twentie yeres.
4.There were " gyantes in the earth in thoſe dayes: yea, and after that the ſonnes of God came vnto the daughters of mē, and they had borne them children, theſe were mightie men, which in olde time were men of g renoume.
5.¶ When the Lord ſawe that the wickednes of man was great in the earth, and all the imaginacions of the thoghts of his * heart were onely euil continually,
6.Then it h repéted the Lord, that he had made man in the earth, and he was ſorie in his heart.
7.Therefore the Lord ſaid, I wil deſtroye from the earth the man, whome I haue created, from man i to beaſt, to the creping thing, & to the foule of the heauen: for I repent that I haue made them.
8.But Nóah k founde grace in the eyes of the Lord.
9.¶ Theſe are the " generacions of Nóah. Nóah was a iuſte and vpright man in his time, and walked with God.
10.And Nóah begate thre ſonnes, Shem, Ham and Iápheth.
11.The earth alſo was corrupt before God: for the earth was filled with l * crueltie.
12.Then God loked vpō the earth, and beholde, it was corrupt: for all fleſh had corrupt his way vpon the earth.
13.And God ſaid vnto Nóah, " An end of all fleſh is come before me: for the earth is filled with crueltie through them: and beholde, I wil deſtroye them with the earth.
14.¶ Make thee an Arke of n pine trees: thou ſhalt make o cabines in the Arke, and ſhalt pytch it within and without with pytch.
15.And " thus ſhalt thou make it: The lēgth of the Arke ſhalbe thre hundreth cubites, the breadth of it fiftie cubites, and the height of it thirtie cubites.
16.A windowe ſhalt thou make in the Arke, and in a cubite ſhalt thou finiſh it aboue, and the dore of the Arke ſhalt thou ſet in the ſide thereof: thou ſhalt make it with the [1] lowe, ſeconde and third roume.
17.And I, beholde, I wil bring a flood of waters vpon the earth to deſtroye all fleſh, wherein is ye breath of life vnder the heauen: all that is in the earth ſhal periſh.
18.But with thee wil I p eſtabliſh my couenant, & thou ſhalt go into the Arke, thou, and thy ſonnes, and thy wife, and thy ſonnes wiues with thee.
19.And of euerie liuing thing, of all fleſh two of euerie forte ſhalt thou cauſe to come into the Arke, to kepe them aliue with thee: they ſhalbe male and female.
20.Of the foules after their kinde, and of the cattel after their kinde, of euerie creping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euerie ſorte ſhal come vnto thee, that thou maieſt kepe them aliue.
21.And take thou with thee of all meat that is eatē: & thou ſhalt gather it to thee, that it may be meat for thee & for them.
22.* Nóah therefore did according vnto all, that God commanded him: euen q ſo did he.

Notes

2:a.
The childrē of the godlie, which begā to degenerate.
2:b.
Thoſe that came of wicked parents as of Káin.
2:c.
Hauing more reſpect to their beautie, & to worldely conſideratiōs, then to their maners, and godlines.
3:d.
Becauſe mā colde not be wone by Gods lenitie and lõg ſufferāce, whereby he ſtroue to ouercome him, he wolde no longer ſtay his vengcāce.
3:e.
Which terme God gaue man to repent before he wolde deſtroy the earth, 1 Pet.3, 20.
4:".
Or, tyrants.
4:g.
Which vſurped autoritie ouer others & did degenerate from ye ſimplicitie, wherein their fathers liued.
5:*.
Chap. 8.21. mat. 15.19.
6:h.
God doeth neuer repent, but he ſpeaketh after our capacitie, becauſe he did deſtroy him, & in that, as it were, did diſauowe him to be his creature.
7:i.
God declareth how much he deteſteth ſinne, ſeing the puniſhment thereof extēdeth to the brute beaſtes.
8:k.
God was merciful vnto him.
9:".
Or, hiſtorie.
11:l.
Meaning all were giuen to the contēpt of God and oppreſſion of their neighbours.
11:*.
Or, oppreſsion & wickednes.
13:".
Or, I wil deſtroy mankinde.
14:n.
Ebr Gopher.
14:o.
Ebr neſtes.
15:".
Or, of this meaſure.
16:1.
That is, of thre heightes, as appeareth in this figure.
18:p.
To the intēt that in this great enterpriſe & mockings of the whole worlde thou maiſt be confirmed, that thy faith faile not.
22:*.
Ebr. 11.7.
22:q.
That is, he obeyd Gods cōmandemens in all points.