7 So the Lord said, “I will ^adestroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”  ‡

8 But Noah ^afound grace in the eyes of the Lord.  ‡

11 The earth also was corrupt ^abefore God, and the earth was ^bfilled with violence.  ‡

12 So God ^alooked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for ^ball flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.  ‡