Bible: Gen. 6:7; 7:4; 8:8

6:7 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.”

7:4 For in seven days 1  I will cause it to rain 2  on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

8:8 Then Noah 1  sent out a dove 2  to see if the waters had receded 3  from the surface of the ground.

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