⁵ Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of mankind was great on the earth, and that ^(A)every intent of the thoughts of ^[a]their hearts was only evil continually. ⁶ So ^(B)the Lord was sorry that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was ^(C)grieved ^[b]in His heart.

¹³ Then God said to Noah, “^(A)The end of ^[a]humanity has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of ^[b]people; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.

¹⁷ Now behold, ^(A)I Myself am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.

²⁰ Then Noah built ^(A)an altar to the Lord, and took some of every kind of ^(B)clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered ^(C)burnt offerings on the altar. ²¹ The Lord ^(D)smelled the soothing aroma, and the Lord said ^[a]to Himself, “I will never again ^(E)curse the ground on account of man, for ^(F)the ^[b]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; ^(G)and I will never again ^[c]destroy every living thing, as I have done.

⁸ Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, ⁹ “Now behold, ^(A)I Myself am establishing My covenant with you, and with your ^[a]descendants after you; ¹⁰ and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, every animal of the earth. ¹¹ I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall ^(B)never again be eliminated by the waters of a flood, ^(C)nor shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.” ¹² God said, “This is ^(D)the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for ^[b]all future generations; ¹³ I have set My ^(E)rainbow in the cloud, and it shall ^[c]serve as a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.