Genesis 6:5-12

New American Standard Bible

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. ⁷ Then the Lord said, “^(D)I will wipe out mankind whom I have created from the face of the land; mankind, and animals as well, and crawling things, and the birds of the sky. For ^(E)I am sorry that I have made them.” ⁸ But ^(F)Noah ^(G)found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

⁹ These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a ^(H)righteous man, ^[c](I)blameless in his generation. Noah ^(J)walked with God. ¹⁰ And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

¹¹ Now the earth was ^(K)corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was ^(L)filled with violence. ¹² And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for ^[d](M)humanity had corrupted its way upon the earth.