Describing that era, Moses wrote: “Now it came about that when men started to grow in numbers on the surface of the ground and daughters were born to them, then the sons of the true God began to notice the daughters of men, that they were good - looking; and they went taking wives for themselves, namely, all whom they chose. ” ​ — Genesis 6: 1, 2.
उसने शहर - के - शहर भी तबाह कर दिए, कई औरतों की इज़्ज़त लूट ली, एक लड़के को ऊँची मीनार से नीचे फेंक दिया और अपनी पत्नी और बच्चों को मार डाला ।