Genesis 6:13

And 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.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

In Context

12And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.

14Make therefore for thyself an ark of square timber; thou shalt make the ark in compartments, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.

Genesis 49:5Simeon and Levi, brethren, 1 Accomplished the injustice of their cutting off. 1

Jeremiah 51:13And I will visit them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have visited Jerusalem, with sword and with famine:

Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:12-13

Depravity of the World. ( b. c. 2448.) 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. The wickedness of that generation is here again spoken of, either as a foil to Noah's piety—he was just and perfect, when all the earth was corrupt; or as a further justification of God's resolution to destroy the world, which he was now about to communicate to his servant Noah. 1.… Read the whole commentary →

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