Genesis Chapter 6 (World English Bible)

April 19, 2026 Evening

1. It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
2. that God’s sons saw that women were beautiful, and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
3. Yahweh said, “My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; so his days will be one hundred twenty years.”
4. The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
5. Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6. Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
7. Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.”
8. But Noah found favor in Yahweh’s eyes.
9. This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
10. Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11. The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12. God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
13. God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14. Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
15. This is how you shall make it: the length of the ship shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
16. You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
17. I, behold, I will bring the flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is on the earth will die.
18. But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
19. Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
20. Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.
21. Take with you some of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food for you, and for them.”
22. Noah did this. He did all that God commanded him.

Devotional: The Invitation to Enter

In the verses above, we see a world that has lost its way, yet we also see a God who provides a specific, detailed plan for salvation. Verse 18 is particularly beautiful for a Sunday night: “But I will establish my covenant with you.”
Before the first drop of rain fell, God gave Noah a promise. Tonight, you can rest in the fact that God’s promises are not reactive; they are established before the storm even begins. Noah’s job was simply to build and then to enter. As you close your day, consider the Ark as a symbol of Christ—our place of safety. You don’t have to swim against the current of the world tonight; you are invited to simply enter into the rest God has provided.

Nighttime Prayer

Yahweh,
As I read these twenty-two verses, I am struck by Your holiness and Your immense mercy. Thank You for being a God who notices the one who walks with You, even when the rest of the world is in chaos.
Tonight, I “enter the ship.” I leave behind the violence, the noise, and the corruption of the world’s worries. I seal my heart with Your peace, just as Noah sealed the ark with pitch. I trust that Your covenant over my life is secure and that You will carry me through to a new morning.
Bless my sleep, guard my mind, and let me wake with the same spirit of obedience that Noah had—ready to do all that You command.
In Your name,
Amen.