Genesis 6:6 · WEB
“Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.”
— Genesis 6:6
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Patriarchs (~2000 BC)
Emotion
grieving
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narrative
Emotional genome
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divine emotionregretanthropomorphismGod's heart
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