參考版本 AFV  A  Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本

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1. And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and when daughters were born to them,

2. That the sons of the mighty ones saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.

3. And the LORD said, “My spirit shall not always strive with man in his going astray, for he is but flesh, and yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.”

4. There were tyrants on the earth in those days, and also after that, the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. They were mighty men who existed of old, men of renown.

5. And the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

6. And the LORD repented that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

7. And the LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, and the crawling thing, and the fowl of the air; for I repent that I have made them.”

8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

9. These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man and perfect in his generations, for Noah walked with God.

10. And Noah begat three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11. Now the earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

12. And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt—for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.

13. And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. And, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

 (A Faithful Version)

1. 過去了一段日子，人數在地上增多，有男有女。

2. 當時的男性非常強壯，女性生得美貌，看中誰便帶走。

3. 耶和華說：我的靈是不能長久地，與這些屬血氣的肉體一起。這些人在世的日子只能有一百二十年。

4. 此時，也出現暴君般的領袖。相信耶和華的男子，與不認識耶和華的女子，生下來的孩子，成了古時的英雄人物。

5. 耶和華看這些男性的舉止，非常不滿，他們終日想的盡是惡念。

6. 耶和華為此感到憂心，這是祂的創造，心感傷痛。

7. 為此耶和華有過想法：要將一切創造，如人、禽獸，並昆蟲和空中的飛鳥，從地上除滅，委實傷心透了。

8. 只是，耶和華甚為喜歡挪亞。

9. 這個世代應屬於挪亞。他是個義人，是個完全人，他與神同行。

10. 挪亞有三個兒子，閃、含、雅弗。

11. 那個年代，在耶和華眼中，所有人，極具破壞之能，充滿暴力。

12. 神看那個年代，世界被破壞，人靠肉體行事，血氣扭曲一切。

13. 耶和華對挪亞說：那些因肉體行血氣事的，讓暴力充滿全地的日子，是時候結束。

這是挪亞面對的日子：這些耶和華的創造，前身是亞當，在摩西的觀念，不就是兒子的身份 (他有埃及人的知識也有猶太人的傳統) ，與人的女子 ( 是相對於，相信，這個觀念)，在古代有名的英雄，這形容出於摩西，在他而言是有史可稽考，例如摩西的繼父就有英雄本色。當代的英雄都是以自我為中心，那是的英雄看來最長的壽數，只有一百二十歲。

這些英雄在當時只有男性沒有女性，那是角式不同所至。為此，當時男性是在外謀生立業，他們是影響著世局的發展方向。耶和華認為世界之所以亂，是因為男性的不羈，放縱情慾，血氣行事做成。

有翻譯認為耶和華 [後悔]，似乎不當。人有自己選擇，是耶和華賦予，那麼人就會作出對自己有利的選擇自由。這人也有選對大家都有利的自由。這人在選擇大家有利，也許對自己沒有利，又不會傷害自己，就要有所自控，像耶和華犧牲自己的自由換來人有自由一樣。

只是當時只有一位能自控，不選擇行不利於別人的決定。這樣的人，在當時耶和華眼中，不應被犧牲掉。耶和華是他唯一的拯救。

挪亞一家得救，因為世界不容許持這種信仰的人存在，對挪亞而言是未日將臨，耶和華就是拯救的憑證。這是第一次當時挪亞的世界末日。

今日世界的末日，相信沒你份，因為有許多真心相信的普通人仍在。