Genesis 6:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴ The Nephilim^[a] were on the earth at that time^[b] (and also immediately afterward), when those divine beings^[c] were having sexual relations with^[d] those human women,^[e] who gave birth to children for them. These children^[f] became the heroes and legendary figures of ancient times.^[g]

God Decides to Destroy the World

⁵ The Lord saw that human evil was growing more and more throughout the earth, with every inclination of people’s thoughts^[h] becoming only evil on a continuous basis. ⁶ Then the Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and he was deeply grieved about that.^[i]