6 he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret
7 that he said, “I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them.”
8 But the Lord was pleased with Noah.
9-10 This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God,
11 but everyone else was evil in God's sight, and violence had spread everywhere.
12 God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.
13 God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to the whole human race. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds.