5 The Lord saw how evil humans had become on the earth. All day long their deepest thoughts were nothing but evil.
6 The Lord was sorry that he had made humans on the earth, and he was heartbroken.
7 So he said, “I will wipe off the face of the earth these humans that I created. I will wipe out not only humans, but also domestic animals, crawling animals, and birds. I’m sorry that I made them.”
8 But the Lord was pleased with Noah.
9 This is the account of Noah and his de scendants.Noah had God’s approval and was a man of integrity among the people of his time. He walked with God.
10 He had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The world was corrupt in God’s sight and full of violence.