Genesis 6:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 But the earth was corrupt[a] in the view of God and full of lawlessness.(A) 12 When God saw how corrupt the earth had become, since all mortals had corrupted their ways on earth,(B) 13 God said to Noah: I see that the end of all mortals has come, for the earth is full of lawlessness because of them. So I am going to destroy them with the earth.(C)
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- 6:11 Corrupt: God does not punish arbitrarily but simply brings to its completion the corruption initiated by human beings.
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