5:6 Then ¹  I saw standing in the middle of the throne ²  and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed. ³  He had ⁴  seven horns and seven eyes, which ⁵  are the seven ⁶  spirits of God ⁷  sent out into all the earth. 5:7 Then ⁸  he came and took the scroll ⁹  from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne, 5:8 and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground ¹⁰  before the Lamb. Each ¹¹  of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints). ¹²  5:9 They were singing a new song: ¹³ 

“You are worthy to take the scroll

and to open its seals

because you were killed, ¹⁴ 

and at the cost of your own blood ¹⁵  you have purchased ¹⁶  for God

persons ¹⁷  from every tribe, language, ¹⁸  people, and nation.

6:1 When humankind ¹  began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born ²  to them, ³  6:3 So the Lord said, “My spirit will not remain in ⁴  humankind indefinitely, ⁵  since ⁶  they ⁷  are mortal. ⁸  They ⁹  will remain for 120 more years.” ¹⁰ 

6:5 But the Lord saw ¹¹  that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination ¹²  of the thoughts ¹³  of their minds ¹⁴  was only evil ¹⁵  all the time. ¹⁶  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, ¹⁷  including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”

6:9 This is the account of Noah. ¹⁸ 

Noah was a godly man; he was blameless ¹⁹ 

among his contemporaries. ²⁰  He ²¹  walked with ²²  God. 6:12 God saw the earth, and indeed ²³  it was ruined, ²⁴  for all living creatures ²⁵  on the earth were sinful. ²⁶ 

8:1 But God remembered ¹  Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over ²  the earth and the waters receded.