Holy Scripture
Genesis 6:11
A church father on this verse
“Somebody may say to me, "Was Adam, created by God as the first man in the original state of the world, condemned for lack of faith or for sin?" It was not incredulity but disobedience that was the cause for his condemnation and the reason why all his posterity are punished. Cain too was condemned, not for lack of fait…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
11But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.
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9And these are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noah was well-pleasing to God.
10And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, Japheth.
— Genesis 6:11 —
12And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
13And the Lord God said to Noah, A period of all men is come before me; because the earth has been filled with iniquity by them, and, behold, I destroy them and the earth.