Gen 6:11–13: ruin, violence and "all flesh"

Says One root runs through these verses. The earth וַתִּשָּׁחֵת, "was ruined," a Niphal ("was corrupt," BSB); in 6:12 God sees it, וְהִנֵּה נִשְׁחָתָה, "and behold, it was ruined," כִּי־הִשְׁחִית, "for … had ruined," a Hiphil, with subject כָּל־בָּשָׂר, "all flesh," and object אֶת־דַּרְכּוֹ, "its way"; in 6:13 God says וְהִנְנִי מַשְׁחִיתָם, "behold, I am ruining them" ("I will destroy," BSB); 6:17 has לְשַׁחֵת, "to ruin." BDB gives for the Niphal "be marred, spoiled" and for the Hiphil "spoil, ruin," "pervert, corrupt." The earth is full of חָמָס (BDB "violence, wrong"), in 6:11 and 6:13; Swete has ἀδικίας, "wrongdoing." The BSB renders "all flesh" "all living creatures," and its footnote gives the literal "all flesh." 6:13: קֵץ כָּל־בָּשָׂר בָּא לְפָנַי, "the end of all flesh has come before me"; Swete Καιρὸς παντὸς ἀνθρώπου ἥκει ἐναντίον μου, "the time of every man has come before me." The MT marks a break after 6:12.

Uncertain Whether "all flesh" in 6:12–13 is humankind (it ruined "its way"; Swete has "every man" in 6:13) or all living things, as in 6:17 and 6:19, where beasts are included; no lean is taken here.