6 He was sorry he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.
7 So the Lord said, “I will destroy all human beings that I made on the earth. And I will destroy every animal and everything that crawls on the earth and the birds of the air, because I am sorry I have made them.”
8 But Noah pleased the Lord.
9 This is the family history of Noah. Noah was a good man, the most innocent man of his time, and he walked with God.
10 He had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 People on earth did what God said was evil, and violence was everywhere.
12 When God saw that everyone on the earth did only evil,