Genesis · Brenton's English Septuagint
Genesis 6 Brenton's English Septuagint
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- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 And it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,
1 Y ACAECIÓ que, cuando comenzaron los hombres á multiplicarse sobre la faz de la tierra, y les nacieron hijas,
2 that the sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.
2 Viendo los hijos de Dios que las hijas de los hombres eran hermosas, tomáronse mujeres, escogiendo entre todas.
3 And the Lord God said, My Spirit shall certainly not remain among these men for ever, because they are flesh, but their days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
3 Y dijo Jehová: No contenderá mi espíritu con el hombre para siempre, porque ciertamente él es carne: mas serán sus días ciento y veinte años.
4 Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God were wont to go in to the daughters of men, they bore [children] to them, those were the giants of old, the men of renown.
4 Había gigantes en la tierra en aquellos días, y también después que entraron los hijos de Dios á las hijas de los hombres, y les engendraron hijos: éstos fueron los valientes que desde la antigüedad fueron varones de nombre.
5 And the Lord God having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually,
5 Y vió Jehová que la malicia de los hombres [era] mucha en la tierra, y que todo designio de los pensamientos del corazón de ellos era de continuo solamente el mal.
6 then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered [it] deeply.
6 Y arrepintióse Jehová de haber hecho hombre en la tierra, y pesóle en su corazón.
7 And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them.
7 Y dijo Jehová: Raeré los hombres que he criado de sobre la faz de la tierra, desde el hombre hasta la bestia, y hasta el reptil y las aves del cielo: porque me arrepiento de haberlos hecho.
8 But Noe found grace before the Lord God.
8 Empero Noé halló gracia en los ojos de Jehová.
9 And these [are] the generations of Noe. Noe was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noe was well-pleasing to God.
9 Estas son las generaciones de Noé: Noé, varón justo, perfecto fué en sus generaciones; con Dios caminó Noé.
10 And Noe begot three sons, Sem, Cham, Japheth.
10 Y engendró Noé tres hijos: á Sem, á Châm, y á Japhet.
11 But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.
11 Y corrompióse la tierra delante de Dios, y estaba la tierra llena de violencia.
12 And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
12 Y miró Dios la tierra, y he aquí que estaba corrompida; porque toda carne había corrompido su camino sobre la tierra.
13 And the Lord God said to Noe, A period of all men is come before me; because the earth has been filled with iniquity by them, and, behold, I destroy them and the earth.
13 Y dijo Dios á Noé: El fin de toda carne ha venido delante de mí; porque la tierra está llena de violencia á causa de ellos; y he aquí que yo los destruiré con la tierra.
14 Make therefore for thyself an ark of square timber; thou shalt make the ark in compartments, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
14 Hazte un arca de madera de Gopher: harás aposentos en el arca, y la embetunarás con brea por dentro y por fuera.
15 And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.
15 Y de esta manera la harás: de trescientos codos la longitud del arca, de cincuenta codos su anchura, y de treinta codos su altura.
16 Thou shalt narrow the ark in making it, and in a cubit above thou shalt finish it, and the door of the ark thou shalt make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories thou shalt make it.
16 Una ventana harás al arca, y la acabarás á un codo [de elevación] por la parte de arriba: y pondrás la puerta del arca á su lado; y le harás [piso] bajo, segundo y tercero.
17 And behold I bring a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and whatsoever things are upon the earth shall die.
17 Y yo, he aquí que yo traigo un diluvio de aguas sobre la tierra, para destruir toda carne en que haya espíritu de vida debajo del cielo; todo lo que hay en la tierra morirá.
18 And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt enter into the ark, and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
18 Mas estableceré mi pacto contigo, y entrarás en el arca tú, y tus hijos y tu mujer, y las mujeres de tus hijos contigo.
19 And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.
19 Y de todo lo que vive, de toda carne, dos de cada especie meterás en el arca, para que tengan vida contigo; macho y hembra serán.
20 Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to thee, male and female to be fed with thee.
20 De las aves según su especie, y de las bestias según su especie, de todo reptil de la tierra según su especie, dos de cada especie entrarán contigo para que hayan vida.
21 And thou shalt take to thyself of all kinds of food which ye eat, and thou shalt gather them to thyself, and it shall be for thee and them to eat.
21 Y toma contigo de toda vianda que se come, y allégala á ti; servirá de alimento para ti y para ellos.
22 And Noe did all things whatever the Lord God commanded him, so did he.
22 E hízolo así Noé; hizo conforme á todo lo que Dios le mandó.
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Noah
A righteous man who found favor with God and rode out the flood in an ark.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 5:28–9:29
Cross references (21)
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- 2 Psalm 82:6–7; 1 John 2:16; Romans 9:7–8; Nehemiah 13:24–27; Deuteronomy 7:3–4
- 3 Nehemiah 9:30; Isaiah 63:10; 1 Peter 3:18–20; Jeremiah 11:11; Galatians 5:16–24
- 4 Numbers 13:33; 1 Samuel 17:4; 2 Samuel 21:15–22; Deuteronomy 3:11; Deuteronomy 2:20–21
- 5 Matthew 15:19; Romans 1:28–31; Mark 7:21–23; Jeremiah 4:14; Jeremiah 17:9
- 6 Isaiah 63:10; 1 Samuel 15:11; Ephesians 4:30; 1 Samuel 15:29; Hebrews 3:10
- 7 Zephaniah 1:3; Psalm 37:20; Romans 3:20–22; Proverbs 16:4; Proverbs 10:27
- 8 Hebrews 4:16; Genesis 19:19; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 145:20; Luke 1:30
- 9 Hebrews 11:7; Luke 1:6; Galatians 3:11; Genesis 5:24; 2 Peter 2:5
- 10 Genesis 5:32
- 11 Ezekiel 8:17; Hosea 4:1–2; Habakkuk 2:8; Romans 2:13; Romans 3:19
- 12 Psalm 53:2–3; Proverbs 15:3; Psalm 14:1–3; Job 22:15–17; 2 Peter 2:5
- 13 Hosea 4:1–2; 1 Peter 4:7; Genesis 6:11–12; Ezekiel 7:2–6; 2 Peter 3:6–7
- 14 1 Peter 3:20; Luke 17:27; Matthew 24:38; Exodus 2:3
- 15 Genesis 7:20; Deuteronomy 3:11
- 16 Genesis 7:16; Genesis 8:6; Ezekiel 41:16; 2 Kings 9:30; Ezekiel 42:3
- 17 Genesis 7:4; 2 Peter 2:5; Genesis 7:21–23; 1 Peter 3:20; Hebrews 11:7
- 18 Hebrews 11:7; Genesis 7:7; Genesis 7:13; Genesis 17:7; Isaiah 26:20
- 19 Genesis 7:8–9; Genesis 7:15–16; Psalm 36:6; Genesis 7:2–3; Genesis 8:17
- 20 Acts 10:11–12; Genesis 2:19; John 5:40; Genesis 1:20–24; Genesis 7:8–16
- 21 Psalm 136:25; Psalm 145:16; Genesis 1:29–30; Job 40:20; Matthew 6:26
- 22 Exodus 40:16; John 15:14; John 2:5; Matthew 7:24–27; Genesis 7:5
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