Genesis 6:7
“And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 6Meaning
The scope of judgment is severe and belongs to the flood narrative rather than serving as a model for human violence.
Read carefully
This judgment is presented as God's action in the flood narrative and cannot be used as authorization for human mass violence.
Reflection
The severity of judgment makes both the preceding diagnosis of corruption and the following preservation of Noah important.