Figures 008 The Earth was corrupt before God and filled with violence (right plate), Gerard Hoet, 1728

The earth was corrupt before god and filled with violence (right plate); as in genesis 6:5: "and god saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. "; illustration from the 1728 figures de la bible; illustrated by gerard hoet (1648–1733) and others, and published by p. De hondt in the hague; image courtesy bizzell bible collection, university of oklahoma libraries. Date: 1728.