9 Nevertheless, again in process of time, you brought the flood on those who lived in the world and destroyed them. (WEB) 10 It came to pass that the same thing happened to them. Just as death came to Adam, so was the flood to these. (WEB) 11 Nevertheless, you left one of them, Noah with his household, and all the righteous men who descended from him. (WEB) 12 “It came to pass that when those who lived upon the earth began to multiply, they also multiplied children, peoples, and many nations, and began again to be more ungodly than their ancestors. (WEB)
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