Genesis 6:12 meaning and explanation

And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

Genesis 6:12, Berean Standard Bible

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God has just told Noah that the end of all living creatures has come before Him because the earth is full of violence. Here the narrator pauses to show what God sees: not rumor but a plain inspection, and the verdict is corruption.

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