Genesis 6:12
And Elohim looked upon ha'aretz, and, hinei, it was corrupt; for kol basar had corrupted his derech upon ha'aretz.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11Ha'aretz also was corrupt before HaElohim, and ha'aretz was filled with chamas.
Cross References
Genesis 6:4HaNefilim were on ha'aretz in those yamim; and also after that, when the bnei HaElohim came in unto the banot HaAdam, and they bore children to them, the same became gibborim which were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 7:1And Hashem said unto Noach, Come thou and all thy bais into the tevah (ark); for thee have I found tzaddik before Me in dor hazeh.
Genesis 9:12And Elohim said, This is the ot (sign) of the brit (covenant) which I make between Me and you and every nefesh chayyah (living creature) that is with you, for dorot olam (perpetual generations);
Genesis 18:20And Hashem said, Because the outcry of Sodom and Amora is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Job 22:15Wilt thou note the orach olam 1 which wicked men have trodden? 1
Psalms 14:1(For the one directing. Of Dovid) 1 They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, 1 ein oseh tov (there is none that doeth good). 1
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 →