^{5 Ref} And Jehovah seeth that abundant `is' the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;

^{6 Ref} and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself -- unto His heart.

^{7 Ref} And Jehovah saith, `I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'