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Genesis 6:5-8

5And Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200that the wickednessרָעַ֥תra.'AtH7451of manהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120wasgreatרַבָּ֛הra.BahH7227in the earthבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776, and thatevery imaginationיֵ֙צֶר֙ye.tzerH3336of the thoughtsמַחְשְׁבֹ֣תmach.she.VotH4284of his heartלִבּ֔וֹli.BoH3820wasonlyרַ֥קrakH7535evilרַ֖עra'H7451continuallyהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

6And it repentedוַיִּנָּ֣חֶםvai.yi.Na.chemH5162Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068that he had madeעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213manהָֽאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120on the earthבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776,and it grievedוַיִּתְעַצֵּ֖בvai.yit.'a.TzevH6087him atאֶל־'el-H413his heartלִבּֽוֹ׃li.BoH3820.

7And Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,I will destroyאֶמְחֶ֨ה'em.ChehH4229manהָאָדָ֤םha.'a.DamH120whom I have createdבָּרָ֙אתִי֙ba.Ra.tiH1254from the faceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440of the earthהָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.MahH127;both manמֵֽאָדָם֙me.'a.DamH120,andH5704beastבְּהֵמָ֔הbe.he.MahH929,and the creeping thingרֶ֖מֶשׂRe.mesH7431,and the fowlsע֣וֹףofH5775of the airהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064;for it repentethנִחַ֖מְתִּיni.Cham.tiH5162me that I have madeעֲשִׂיתִֽם׃'a.si.TimH6213them.

8But Noahוְנֹ֕חַve.No.achH5146foundמָ֥צָאMa.tza'H4672graceחֵ֖ןchenH2580in the eyesבְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

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