5. Then God, seeing that the wickedness of men was great upon the earth and that every thought of their heart was intent upon evil at all times,
6. repented that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with a sorrow of heart,
7. he said, "I will eliminate man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man to other living things, from animals even to the flying things of the air. For it grieves me that I have made them."
8. Yet truly, Noah found grace before the Lord.
9. These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man, and yet he was predominate among his generations, for he walked with God.
10. And he conceived three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11. Yet the earth was corrupted before the eyes of God, and it was filled with iniquity.