Genesis 6:7-12 New Century Version (NCV)

7. So the Lord said, “I will destroy all human beings that I made on the earth. And I will destroy every animal and everything that crawls on the earth and the birds of the air, because I am sorry I have made them.”

8. But Noah pleased the Lord.

9. This is the family history of Noah. Noah was a good man, the most innocent man of his time, and he walked with God.

10. He had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11. People on earth did what God said was evil, and violence was everywhere.

12. When God saw that everyone on the earth did only evil,

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