Genesis 6:6
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It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart,

repented.

Exodus 32:14 And the Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people.

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor is the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?

Deuteronomy 32:36 The Lord will judge his people, and will have mercy on his servants: he shall see that their hand is weakened, and that they who were shut up have also failed, and they that remained are consumed.

1 Samuel 15:11,29 It repenteth me that I have made Saul king: for he hath forsaken me, and hath not executed my commandments. And Samuel was grieved, and he cried unto the Lord all night. . . .

2 Samuel 24:16 And when the angel of the Lord had stretched out his hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord had pity on the affliction, and said to the angel that slew the people: It is enough: now hold thy hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the thrashingfloor of Areuna the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:15 And he sent an angel to Jerusalem, to strike it: and as he was striking it, the Lord beheld, and took pity for the greatness of the evil: and said to the angel that destroyed: It is enough, now stop thy hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Psalm 106:45 And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

Psalm 110:4 The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.

Jeremiah 18:8-10 If that nation against which I have spoken, shall repent of their evil, I also will repent of the evil that I have thought to do to them. . . .

Jeremiah 26:19 Did Ezechias king of Juda, and all Juda, condemn him to death? did they not fear the Lord, and beseech the face of the Lord: and the Lord repented of the evil that he had spoken against them? therefore we are doing a great evil against our souls.

Hosea 11:8 How shall I deal with thee, O Ephraim, shall I protect thee, O Israel? how shall I make thee as Adama, shall I set thee as Seboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentance is stirred up.

Jonah 3:10 Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish?

Malachi 3:6 For I am the Lord, and I change not: and you the sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Romans 11:29 For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.

Hebrews 6:17,18 Wherein God, meaning more abundantly to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed an oath: . . .

James 1:17 Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration.

grieved.

Deuteronomy 5:29 Who shall give them to have such a mind, to fear me, and to keep all my commandments at all times, that it may be well with them and with their children for ever?

Deuteronomy 32:29 O that they would be wise and would understand, and would provide for their last end.

Psalm 78:40 How often did they provoke him in the desert: and move him to wrath in the place without water?

Psalm 81:13 If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways:

Psalm 95:10 Forty years long was I offended with that generation, and I said: These always err in heart.

Psalm 119:158 I beheld the transgressors, and pined away; because they kept not thy word.

Isaiah 48:18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea,

Isaiah 63:10 But they provoked to wrath, and afflicted the spirit of his Holy One: and he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

Ezekiel 33:11 Say to them: As I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways: and why will you die, O house of Israel?

Luke 19:41,42 And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying: . . .

Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God: whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Hebrews 3:10,17 Forty years: for which cause I was offended with this generation, and I said: They always err in heart. And they have not known my ways. . . .

Context
Corruption on the Earth
5And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times, 6It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart,7He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them.…
Cross References
Ephesians 4:30
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God: whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Genesis 6:7
He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them.

1 Samuel 15:11
It repenteth me that I have made Saul king: for he hath forsaken me, and hath not executed my commandments. And Samuel was grieved, and he cried unto the Lord all night.

Isaiah 63:10
But they provoked to wrath, and afflicted the spirit of his Holy One: and he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

Jeremiah 18:7
I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it.

Lexicon
And the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

regretted
וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם (way·yin·nā·ḥem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

He had made
עָשָׂ֥ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

man
הָֽאָדָ֖ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

on the earth,
בָּאָ֑רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

and it grieved Him
וַיִּתְעַצֵּ֖ב (way·yiṯ·‘aṣ·ṣêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6087: To carve, fabricate, fashion, to worry, pain, anger

in
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

His heart.
לִבּֽוֹ׃ (lib·bōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre


Additional Translations
And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered it deeply.

And Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

And the LORD repented that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.

and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself -- unto His heart.
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