Genesis 6:5-8
Read Genesis 6 in full →5Then Yahweh saw that the evil of man was great on the earth, and that aevery intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6aAnd Yahweh regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was bgrieved 1in His heart. 7And Yahweh said, “aI will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the 1sky; for bI regret that I have made them.” 8But aNoah bfound favor in the eyes of Yahweh.