Chapter 6

Noah and the Flood

1 When the human population began to grow rapidly on the earth,
2 the sons of God saw the beautiful women of the human race and took any they wanted as their wives.
3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, they will live no more than 120 years."
        4 In those days, and even afterward, giants[1][Hebrew Nephilim. ] lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with human women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes mentioned in legends of old.