Genesis 6

Genesis 6, Catholic Public Domain Version

1. And when men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,

   Cumque cœpissent homines multiplicari super terram, et filias procreassent,

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   the sons of God, seeing that the daughters of men were beautiful, took to themselves wives from all whom they chose.†

   videntes filii Dei filias hominum quod essent pulchræ, acceperunt sibi uxores ex omnibus, quas elegerant.

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   And God said: “My spirit shall not remain in man forever, because he is flesh. And so his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”†

   Dixitque Deus: Non permanebit spiritus meus in homine in æternum, quia caro est: eruntque dies illius centum viginti annorum.

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   Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they conceived, these became the powerful ones of ancient times, men of renown.†

   Gigantes autem erant super terram in diebus illis: postquam enim ingressi sunt filii Dei ad filias hominum, illæque genuerunt, isti sunt potentes a sæculo viri famosi.

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   Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times,

   Videns autem Deus quod multa malitia hominum esset in terra, et cuncta cogitatio cordis intenta esset ad malum omni tempore,

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   repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart,†

   pœnituit eum quod hominum fecisset in terra. Et tactus dolore cordis intrinsecus,

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   he said, “I will eliminate man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man to other living things, from animals even to the flying things of the air. For it grieves me that I have made them.”

   Delebo, inquit, hominem, quem creavi, a facie terræ, ab homine usque ad animantia, a reptili usque ad volucres cæli: pœnitet enim me fecisse eos.

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   Yet truly, Noah found grace before the Lord.

   Noë vero invenit gratiam coram Domino.

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   These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man, and yet he was predominate among his generations, for he walked with God.

   Hæ sunt generationes Noë: Noë vir justus atque perfectus fuit in generationibus suis; cum Deo ambulavit.

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    And he conceived three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

    Et genuit tres filios, Sem, Cham et Japheth.

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    Yet the earth was corrupted before the eyes of God, and it was filled with iniquity.

    Corrupta est autem terra coram Deo, et repleta est iniquitate.

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    And when God had seen that the earth had been corrupted, (indeed, all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth)

    Cumque vidisset Deus terram esse corruptam (omnis quippe caro corruperat viam suam super terram),

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    he said to Noah: “The end of all flesh has arrived in my sight. The earth has been filled with iniquity by their presence, and I will destroy them, along with the earth.

    dixit ad Noë: Finis universæ carnis venit coram me: repleta est terra iniquitate a facie eorum, et ego disperdam eos cum terra.

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    Make yourself an ark from smoothed wood. You shall make little dwelling places in the ark, and you shall smear pitch on the interior and exterior.

    Fac tibi arcam de lignis lævigatis; mansiunculas in arca facies, et bitumine linies intrinsecus et extrinsecus.

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    And thus shall you make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.†

    Et sic facies eam: trecentorum cubitorum erit longitudo arcæ, quinquaginta cubitorum latitudo, et triginta cubitorum altitudo illius.

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    You shall make a window in the ark, and you shall complete it within a cubit of the top. Then you shall set the door of the ark at its side. You shall make in it: a lower part, upper rooms, and a third level.

    Fenestram in arca facies, et in cubito consummabis summitatem ejus: ostium autem arcæ pones ex latere; deorsum, cœnacula et tristega facies in ea.

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    Behold, I shall bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, so as to put to death all flesh in which there is the breath of life under heaven. All things that are on the earth shall be consumed.

    Ecce ego adducam aquas diluvii super terram, ut interficiam omnem carnem, in qua spiritus vitæ est subter cælum: universa quæ in terra sunt, consumentur.

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    And I shall establish my covenant with you, and you shall enter the ark, you and your sons, your wife and the wives of your sons with you.

    Ponamque fœdus meum tecum: et ingredieris arcam tu et filii tui, uxor tua, et uxores filiorum tuorum tecum.

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    And from every living thing of all that is flesh, you shall lead pairs into the ark, so that they may survive with you: from the male sex and the female,

    Et ex cunctis animantibus universæ carnis bina induces in arcam, ut vivant tecum: masculini sexus et feminini.

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    from birds, according to their kind, and from beasts, in their kind, and from among all animals on earth, according to their kind; pairs from each shall enter with you, so that they may be able to live.

    De volucribus juxta genus suum, et de jumentis in genere suo, et ex omni reptili terræ secundum genus suum: bina de omnibus ingredientur tecum, ut possint vivere.

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    Therefore, you shall take with you from all the foods that are able to be eaten, and you shall carry these with you. And these shall be used as food, some for you, and the rest for them.”

    Tolles igitur tecum ex omnibus escis, quæ mandi possunt, et comportabis apud te: et erunt tam tibi, quam illis in cibum.

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    And so Noah did all things just as God had instructed him.

    Fecit igitur Noë omnia quæ præceperat illi Deus.

Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)