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Genesis 6:7

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And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

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  1. Genesis 6:5

    And God 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.

  2. Genesis 6:6

    And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

  3. Genesis 6:8

    But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

  4. Genesis 6:9

    These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

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