Holy Scripture

Genesis 6:7

A church father on this verse
“And for a very long while wickedness extended and spread, and reached and laid hold upon the whole race of mankind, until a very small seed of righteousness remained among them: and illicit unions took place upon the earth, since angels were united with the daughters of the race of mankind; and they bore to them sons…”
Irenaeus, 3th c. — The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching, Sections 18-19

Source: Septuagint

Original

7And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them.

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In context

5And the Lord God having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually,

6then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered it deeply.

— Genesis 6:7 —

8But Noah found grace before the Lord God.

9And these are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noah was well-pleasing to God.

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