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Genesis 6:5-18

5AndJehovahsawH7200thatthewickednessH7451ofmanH120wasgreatרַבָּ֛הra.BahH7227intheearthבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776,andthateveryimaginationofthethoughtsמַחְשְׁבֹ֣תmach.she.VotH4284ofhisheartלִבּ֔וֹli.BoH3820wasonlyרַ֥קrakH7535evilH7451continually.

6AnditrepentedH5162JehovahthathehadmadeH6213manH120ontheearthבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776,anditgrievedhimathisheartלִבּֽוֹ׃li.BoH3820.

7AndJehovahsaidH559,IwilldestroymanH120whomIhavecreatedH1254fromthefaceH6440ofthegroundהָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127;bothmanH120,andbeast,andcreepingH7431thingsרֶ֖מֶשׂRe.mesH7431,andbirdsע֣וֹףofH5775oftheheavensהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064;foritrepentethmethatIhavemadeH6213them.

8ButNoahוְנֹ֕חַve.No.achH5146foundH4672favorחֵ֖ןchenH2580intheeyesבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869ofJehovah.

9Thesearethegenerationsבְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יוbe.do.ro.TavH1755ofNoahנֹ֔חַNo.achH5146.Noahנֹ֗חַNo.achH5146wasH1961arighteousצַדִּ֛יקtza.DikH6662manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376,andperfectH8549inhisgenerationsH1755:Noahנֹֽחַ׃No.achH5146walkedהִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־hit.ha.lekh-H1980withGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430.

10AndNoahנֹ֖חַNo.achH5146begatthreeשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הshe.lo.ShahH7969sonsבָנִ֑יםva.NimH1121,Shemשֵׁ֖םshemH8035,Hamחָ֥םchamH2526,andJaphethיָֽפֶת׃Ya.fetH3315.

11Andtheearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776wascorruptוַתִּשָּׁחֵ֥תva.ti.sha.ChetH7843beforeGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,andtheearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776wasfilledוַתִּמָּלֵ֥אva.ti.ma.Le'H4390withviolenceחָמָֽס׃cha.MasH2555.

12AndGodאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430sawH7200theearthהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776,and,behold,itwascorruptנִשְׁחָ֑תָהnish.Cha.tahH7843;forallfleshבָּשָׂ֛רba.SarH1320hadcorruptedהִשְׁחִ֧יתhish.ChitH7843theirwayדַּרְכּ֖וֹdar.KoH1870upontheearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ סha.'A.retzH776.

13AndGodאֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.HimH430saidH559untoNoahלְנֹ֗חַle.No.achH5146,Theendקֵ֤ץketzH7093ofallfleshבָּשָׂר֙ba.SarH1320iscomeH935beforeme;fortheearthהָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzH776isfilledH4390withviolenceחָמָ֖סcha.MasH2555throughthem;and,behold,Iwilldestroyמַשְׁחִיתָ֖םmash.chi.TamH7843themwiththeearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

14Makeעֲשֵׂ֤ה'a.SehH6213thee anarkתֵּבַ֣תte.VatH8392ofgopherwoodעֲצֵי־'a.tzei-H6086;roomsshalt thoumakeתַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.SehH6213inthearkהַתֵּבָ֑הha.te.VahH8392,andshaltpitchitwithinandwithoutwithpitch.

15Andthisishowthou shaltmakeתַּֽעֲשֶׂ֖הta.'a.SehH6213it:thelengthאֹ֚רֶךְ'O.rekhH753ofthearkהַתֵּבָ֔הha.te.VahH8392threeשְׁלֹ֧שׁshe.LoshH7969hundredH3967cubitsאַמָּ֗ה'a.MahH520,thebreadthרָחְבָּ֔הּra.che.BahH7341ofitfiftyחֲמִשִּׁ֤יםcha.mi.ShimH2572cubitsאַמָּה֙'a.MahH520,andtheheightקוֹמָתָֽהּ׃ko.ma.TahH6967ofitthirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970cubitsאַמָּ֖ה'a.MahH520.

16Alightshalt thoumakeH7760tothearkלַתֵּבָ֗הla.te.VahH8392,andtoacubitאַמָּה֙'a.MahH520shalt thoufinishתְּכַלֶ֣נָּהte.kha.Le.nahH3615itupwardH4605;andthedoorH6607ofthearkהַתֵּבָ֖הha.te.VahH8392shalt thousetH7760inthesideבְּצִדָּ֣הּbe.tzi.DahH6654thereof;withlower,secondשְׁנִיִּ֥םshe.ni.YimH8145,andthirdוּשְׁלִשִׁ֖יםu.she.li.ShimH7992stories shalt thoumakeH7760it.

17AndI,behold,Idobringמֵבִ֨יאme.Vi'H935thefloodהַמַּבּ֥וּלha.ma.BulH3999ofwatersמַ֙יִם֙ma.yimH4325upontheearthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,todestroyלְשַׁחֵ֣תle.sha.ChetH7843allfleshבָּשָׂ֗רba.SarH1320,whereinisthebreathר֣וּחַRu.achH7307oflifeחַיִּ֔יםchai.YimH2416,fromunderheavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064;everythingH3605thatisintheearthבָּאָ֖רֶץba.'A.retzH776shalldieיִגְוָֽע׃yig.Va'H1478.

18ButIwillestablishוַהֲקִמֹתִ֥יva.ha.ki.mo.TiH6965mycovenantבְּרִיתִ֖יbe.ri.TiH1285withthee;andthou shaltcomeH935intothearkהַתֵּבָ֔הha.te.VahH8392, thou,andthysonsוּבָנֶ֛יךָu.va.Nei.khaH1121,andthywifeH802,andthysons’בָנֶ֖יךָva.Nei.khaH1121wivesH802withthee.

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