Thus, “Jehovah saw that the badness of man was abundant in the earth and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only bad all the time. ” ​ — Genesis 6: 5, 11, 12.
علاوه بر نافرمانی انسانها واقعهٔ دیگری یَهُوَه را محزون کرده بود .‏