Genesis 6:12-14

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^11-12 When God looked at the earth, he saw that people had ruined it. Violence was everywhere, and it had ruined their life on earth.

¹³ So God said to Noah, “Everyone has filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth. ¹⁴ Use cypress wood^[a] and build a boat for yourself. Make rooms in the boat and cover it with tar inside and out.