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And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. — Genesis 6:5 · 1405 BCI have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. — God · 1405 BCAnd rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. — Genesis 7:12 · 1405 BCSo the Lord said, "I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them." — Genesis 6:7 · 1405 BCThe Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done." — Genesis 8:21 · 1405 BC