Gen 6:12 | KD | STEP | In , the account of the birth of his three sons, and of the corruption of all flesh, is repeated. This corruption is represented as corrupting the whole earth and filling it with wickedness; and thus the judgment of the flood is for the first time fully accounted for. “ The earth was corrupt before God ( Elohim points back to the previous Elohim in ),” it became so conspicuous to God, that He could not refrain from punishment. The corruption proceeded from the fact, that “ all flesh ” - i.e., the whole human race which had resisted the influence of the Spirit of God and become flesh (see ) - “ had corrupted its way .” The term “flesh” in cannot include the animal world, since the expression, “corrupted its way,” is applicable to man alone. The fact that in and this term embraces both men and animals is no proof to the contrary, for the simple reason, that in “all flesh” denotes the animal world only, an evident proof that the precise meaning of the word must always be determined from the context.

‏ Genesis 6:12

In Gen 6:10-12, the account of the birth of his three sons, and of the corruption of all flesh, is repeated. This corruption is represented as corrupting the whole earth and filling it with wickedness; and thus the judgment of the flood is for the first time fully accounted for. “The earth was corrupt before God (Elohim points back to the previous Elohim in Gen 6:9),” it became so conspicuous to God, that He could not refrain from punishment. The corruption proceeded from the fact, that “all flesh” - i.e., the whole human race which had resisted the influence of the Spirit of God and become flesh (see Gen 6:3) - “had corrupted its way.” The term “flesh” in Gen 6:12 cannot include the animal world, since the expression, “corrupted its way,” is applicable to man alone. The fact that in Gen 6:13 and Gen 6:17 this term embraces both men and animals is no proof to the contrary, for the simple reason, that in Gen 6:19 “all flesh” denotes the animal world only, an evident proof that the precise meaning of the word must always be determined from the context.