Genesis 6:5-7

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[5] Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. [6] Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart. [7] Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."

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