Genesis 6 Darby Translation
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1 And it came to pass when mankind began to multiply on 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 saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took themselves wives of all that they chose.
2 Viendo los hijos de Dios que las hijas de los hombres eran hermosas, tomáronse mujeres, escogiendo entre todas.
3 And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a 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 In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne [children] to them; these were the heroes, who of old were 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 Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only 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 And Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
6 Y arrepintióse Jehová de haber hecho hombre en la tierra, y pesóle en su corazón.
7 And Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth — from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent 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 Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah.
8 Empero Noé halló gracia en los ojos de Jehová.
9 This is the history of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect amongst his generations: Noah walked with God.
9 Estas son las generaciones de Noé: Noé, varón justo, perfecto fué en sus generaciones; con Dios caminó Noé.
10 And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
10 Y engendró Noé tres hijos: á Sem, á Châm, y á Japhet.
11 And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was full of violence.
11 Y corrompióse la tierra delante de Dios, y estaba la tierra llena de violencia.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way on 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 God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with 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 thyself an ark of gopher wood: [with] cells shalt thou make the ark; and pitch it inside and outside 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 it: let the length of the ark be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
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 A light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: [with] a lower, second, and third [story] shalt thou 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 For I, behold, I bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh under the heavens in which is the breath of life: everything that is on the earth shall expire.
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 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt go into the ark, thou, 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 every living thing of all flesh, two of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee: they shall be male and female.
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 fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each shall go in to thee, to keep [them] alive.
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 take thou of all food that is eaten, and gather [it] to thee, that it may be for food for thee and for them.
21 Y toma contigo de toda vianda que se come, y allégala á ti; servirá de alimento para ti y para ellos.
22 And Noah did it; according to all that God had 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)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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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