Genesis 6:12-14

The Voice

^11-12They lived at a time when the world had become vile and corrupt. Violence was everywhere. God saw that the earth was in ruins, and He knew why: all people on earth except Noah had lived corrupt lives and ruined God’s plans for them. He had to do something.

Eternal One (to Noah): ¹³Noah, I have decided to wipe out all the living creatures I have made because they are spreading violence throughout the earth. Watch! I will destroy them with the earth. ¹⁴I want you to build an ark. Build it out of cypress wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with tar.

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