Genesis 6:11
“The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 6Meaning
The narrative names violence as a central expression of the world's corruption before God.
Read carefully
Violence is explicitly central here; the flood should not be explained by speculative causes that displace the moral diagnosis of the text.
Reflection
Violence is not incidental in Genesis 6 but one of the clearest signs of a world that has become corrupt.