# Genesis 6.12

<!-- type: passage | created: 2026-10-13 | updated: 2026-10-13 -->

**Book:** [Genesis](/codex/genesis/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 10. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11. And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
>
> **12. And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.**
>
> 13. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. (Genesis 6:10-14, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 10. Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11. The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
>
> **12. God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.**
>
> 13. God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and the earth. 14. Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch. (Genesis 6:10-14, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 10. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
>
> **12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.**
>
> 13. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. <sup>with the earth: or, from the earth</sup> 14. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. <sup>rooms: Heb. nests</sup> (Genesis 6:10-14, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 10. And Noah begetteth three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11. And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled [with] violence.
>
> **12. And God seeth the earth, and lo, it hath been corrupted, for all flesh hath corrupted its way on the earth.**
>
> 13. And God said to Noah, 'An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth. 14. 'Make for thyself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms dost thou make with the ark, and thou hast covered it within and without with cypress; (Genesis 6:10-14, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- _TBD_
- _TBD_
- _TBD_
- _TBD_

<!-- BACKLINKS:START -->
## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Flood Genocide Objection Defeater](/codex/flood-genocide-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 6.11-12](/codex/genesis-6-11-12/)

**Concepts:**

- [Divine Wipeouts and Their Justification](/codex/divine-wipeouts-and-their-justification/), via [Genesis 6.11-13](/codex/genesis-6-11-13/)
- [Flood Genocide Objection](/codex/flood-genocide-objection/), via [Genesis 6.11-12](/codex/genesis-6-11-12/)

**Lexicon:**

- [H1320 - basar](/codex/h1320-basar/), via [Genesis 6.12-13](/codex/genesis-6-12-13/)
- [H7843 - shachath](/codex/h7843-shachath/)

<!-- BACKLINKS:END -->
## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.