Genesis 6:1-7

1People began to grow in number all over the earth. They gave birth to daughters.

2The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. They chose for themselves any of them that they wanted to become their wives.

3The Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not give life to humans for ever. One day they will die. I will not let them live for more than 120 years. Then they will die.’

4The Nephilites lived on the earth at that time, and for some time after that. During that time, the sons of God were having sex with the daughters of men, who gave birth to their children. The Nephilites were famous great men and fighters.

5The Lord saw that men and women on the earth had become very bad. They thought only of evil things all the time.

6The Lord was sorry that he had made humans and put them on the earth. He became very upset.

7So the Lord said, ‘I made humans, but now I will destroy them. I will completely take them off the earth. As well as human people, I will also destroy the animals, the living things that move on the ground, and the birds. I am sorry that I made them.’