⁷ So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth^(A) the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.^(B)” ⁸ But Noah^(C) found favor in the eyes of the Lord.^(D)

Noah and the Flood

⁹ This is the account^(E) of Noah and his family.

Noah was a righteous man, blameless^(F) among the people of his time,^(G) and he walked faithfully with God.^(H)