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Genesis 6:5-8

5Then the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200that the wickednessH7463of mankindהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120was greatרַבָּ֛הra.BahH7227on the earthבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776, and thateveryוְכָל־ve.kholH3605intentיֵ֙צֶר֙ye.tzerH3336of the thoughtsמַחְשְׁבֹ֣תmach.she.VotH4284oftheir heartsלִבּ֔וֹli.BoH3820was onlyH7534evilH7451continuallyכָּל־ הַיּֽוֹם׃kol- hai.YomH3605 H3117.

6Sothe Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068wasH5162sorryH5162that He had madeעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213mankindהָֽאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120on the earthבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776, and He wasgrievedוַיִּתְעַצֵּ֖בvai.yit.'a.TzevH6087in His heartלִבּֽוֹ׃li.BoH3820.

7Then the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “I will wipeאֶמְחֶ֨ה'em.ChehH4229outH4229mankindהָאָדָ֤םha.'a.DamH120whomאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834I have createdבָּרָ֙אתִי֙ba.Ra.tiH1254from the faceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440of the landהָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127;mankindמֵֽאָדָם֙me.'a.DamH120,and animalsבְּהֵמָ֔הbe.he.MahH929asH5704wellH5704,and crawlingH7431thingsרֶ֖מֶשׂRe.mesH7431,and the birdsע֣וֹףofH5775of the skyהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064. ForI amH5162sorryH5162that I have madeעֲשִׂיתִֽם׃'a.si.TimH6213them.”

8ButNoahוְנֹ֕חַve.No.achH5146foundמָ֥צָאMa.tza'H4672favorחֵ֖ןchenH2580in the eyesבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of the Lordיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

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