THE NARRATIVE OF MOSES, from the sixth chapter of the book of Genesis. But Noah found grace before the Lord. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just and perfect man in his generations; he walked with God. And he begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And the earth was corrupted before God, and filled with iniquity. And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth), he said to Noah: The end of all flesh is come before me; the earth is filled with iniquity from before their face, and I will destroy them with the earth — Commentaries and Disputations on Genesis, Volume II

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THE NARRATIVE OF MOSES, from the sixth chapter of the book of Genesis. But Noah found grace before the Lord. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just and perfect man in his generations; he walked with God. And he begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And the earth was corrupted before God, and filled with iniquity. And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth), he said to Noah: The end of all flesh is come before me; the earth is filled with iniquity from before their face, and I will destroy them with the earth.¹

HISTORIA MOSIS, ex capite sexto libri Geneseos. Noë vero invenit gratiam coram Domino. Hae sunt generationes Noë: Noë vir iustus atque perfectus fuit in generationibus suis; cum Deo ambulavit. Et genuit tres filios, Sem, Cham et Iaphet. Corrupta est autem terra coram Deo, et repleta est iniquitate. Cumque vidisset Deus terram esse corruptam (omnis quippe caro corruperat viam suam super terram), dixit ad Noë: Finis universae carnis venit coram me; repleta est terra iniquitate a facie eorum, et ego disperdam eos cum terra.

Translator’s notes

The Scripture passage prefixed to Book IX: Genesis 6:8–13 (Vulgate). Verse numbers are marked in the margin of the original. ↩