Genesis 6:5-13

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Judgment Decreed

⁵ When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,^{(A) 6} the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth,^(B) and He was grieved in His heart. ⁷ Then the Lord said, “I will wipe off from the face of the earth mankind, whom I created, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I made them.” ⁸ Noah, however, found favor in the sight of the Lord.^(C)

God Warns Noah

⁹ These are the family records^(D) of Noah. Noah was a righteous man,^(E) blameless among his contemporaries;^(F) Noah walked with God.^{(G) 10} And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

¹¹ Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness.^{[a] 12} God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth.^{(H) 13} Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness^[b] because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.