2 Esdras 3:11-13

Common English Bible

¹¹ But you left one of them, Noah, with his household, and all the righteous descended from him.

¹² “When those who lived on earth began to multiply (and multiply they did—children, peoples, and many nations), they began again to act wickedly, even more so than the previous ones. ¹³ When they committed iniquity before you, you chose one from among them whose name was Abraham.