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Then Yahweh saw that the evil of man was great on the earth, and that (A)every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (B)And Yahweh regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was (C)grieved [a]in His heart. And Yahweh said, “(D)I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the [b]sky; for (E)I regret that I have made them.” But (F)Noah (G)found favor in the eyes of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 6:6 Lit to
  2. Genesis 6:7 Lit heavens

Great flood

The Lord saw that humanity had become thoroughly evil on the earth and that every idea their minds thought up was always completely evil. The Lord regretted making human beings on the earth, and he was heartbroken. So the Lord said, “I will wipe off of the land the human race that I’ve created: from human beings to livestock to the crawling things to the birds in the skies, because I regret I ever made them.” But as for Noah, the Lord approved of him.

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