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These are the descendants of Noah. Noah was a righteous man and blameless in his generation;(A) Noah walked with God. 10 Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 But the earth was corrupt[a] in the view of God and full of lawlessness.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:11 Corrupt: God does not punish arbitrarily but simply brings to its completion the corruption initiated by human beings.

Noah and the Flood

This is the account(A) of Noah and his family.

Noah was a righteous man, blameless(B) among the people of his time,(C) and he walked faithfully with God.(D) 10 Noah had three sons: Shem,(E) Ham and Japheth.(F)

11 Now the earth was corrupt(G) in God’s sight and was full of violence.(H)

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