which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly.

The Lord regretted ¹  that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended. ² 

This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them “humankind.” ¹ 

When humankind ¹  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born ²  to them, ³ 

“Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, ¹  appoint ²  a man over the community,

“Surely you know ¹  that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed ²  on the earth,

“I am the Lord, the God of all humankind. There is, indeed, nothing too difficult for me. ¹ 

For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature ¹  is subdued and has been subdued by humankind. ² 

God created humankind ¹  in his own image, in the image of God he created them, ²  male and female he created them. ³ 

This is the record ¹  of the family line ²  of Adam. When God created humankind, ³  he made them ⁴  in the likeness of God.

the sons of God ¹  saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.

So the Lord said, “My spirit will not remain in ¹  humankind indefinitely, ²  since ³  they ⁴  are mortal. ⁵  They ⁶  will remain for 120 more years.” ⁷ 

And all living things ¹  that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.

“Whoever sheds human blood, ¹  by other humans ²  must his blood be shed; for in God’s image ³  God ⁴  has made humankind.”

The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord; the poor among humankind will take delight ¹  in the Holy One of Israel. ² 

“I thought, ‘I will no longer see the Lord ¹  in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world. ² 

The Lord says to Edom, ¹  “I will certainly make you small among nations. I will make you despised by all humankind.

So the Lord said, “I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth – everything from humankind to animals, ¹  including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”

But the Lord saw ¹  that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination ²  of the thoughts ³  of their minds ⁴  was only evil ⁵  all the time. ⁶