Genesis · Chapter 6

[ edit] Whan men bigunnen to be multiplied vpon þe erþe, and hadden brouȝt forþ dowȝtris, and þe ſones of God, ſeynge þe dowȝtris of men þat þei weren faire, token wyues to hem of alle þe whiche þei choſen. And God ſeide, My ſpiryt ſhal not dwel in man wiþ outen ende, for flehs he is; and þe daies of hym ſhal ben an hundrid and twenti ȝeers. Giauntis forſoþe weren vpon þe erþe in þo daies, aftir forſoþe þat þe ſonys of God weren gon ynne to þe dowȝtrys of men, and þei goten; þes ben myȝti of þe world and famows men.

God forſoþe ſeynge þat myche malice of men was in þe erþe, and al þouȝt of þe herte was ȝouun to yuel al tyme, it forþouȝt him þat he had made man in erþe; and bifore war in tyme to come, and towchid wiþ ſorwe of herte wiþ ynforþ, I ſhal do awey, he ſeiþ, man, whom I made of nouȝt, fro þe face of þe erþe, fro man vnto þingis hauynge ſoule, fro crepynge beeſt vnto fowles of heuen; forſoþe it o þenkiþ me to haue maad hem. Noe forſoþe founde grace bifore þe Lord. Þes ben þe generaciouns of Noe. Noe a riȝtwis man and a perfit was in his generaciouns; wiþ God he ȝede, and he gat þre ſones, Sem, Cham and Japheþ. Forſoþe þe erþe is corupt before God, and is fulfillid wiþ ſchrewidnes.

And whanne God had ſeen þe erþe to be corupt, al forſoþe flehs had coruptid his weie vpon þe erþe, he ſeide to Noe, Þe ende of al flehs comeþ bifore me; þe erþe is fulfullid wiþ wickidnes fro þe face of hem, and I ſhal ſcater hem wiþ þe erþe. Make to þee an ark of planed trees; litel dwellyng places in þe ark þow ſhalt make, and wiþ ynne and wiþ oute þow ſhalt diȝten it wiþ glew. And ſo þow ſhalt make it. Þe lengþe of þe ark ſhal be of þre hundrid cubytis, þe brede of fifti cubitis, and þe hiȝt of it of þretti cubitis.

A wyndow in þe ark þou ſhalt make, and in o cubite þow ſhalt ende þe hiȝt of it; þe dore forſoþe of þe ark þow ſhalt ſett aſide byneþen; ſowpyng placis, and þre chaumbred þow ſhalt make in it. Se! I ſhal lede to watres of a flood vpon þe erþe, and I ſhal ſlee al flehs in þe which ſpiryt of lijf is vndre heuene, and alle þingis þat ben in þe erþe, ſhal be waſtid. And I ſhal ſett my couenaunt of pees wiþ þee, and þow ſhalt gon into þe ark, þow and þi ſones, þi wijf, and þe wyfes of þi children wiþ þee.

And of alle þingis hauynge ſowle of ony flehs, two þow ſhalt brynge into þe ark, þat maal ſex and femaal lyuen wiþ þee; of fowles after þer kynde, and of iumentis in þer kynde, and of alle crepynge beeſt of þe erþe after his kynde; two of alle ſhulen go ynne wiþ þee, þat þei mown lyue. Þou ſhalt take þanne wiþ þee of al maner metis þat mown be eten, and þow ſhalt bere wiþ þee, and þei ſhulen be boþe to þee and to hem into meet. Þanne Noe dide alle þingis þat God comaundide hym.