presence (3:8–13) and incur his punishment. Sin costs them everything dear to them. The ground, their children, and their walk with God all suffer (3:16–19). They pass on sin to their children like a genetic defect (4:1–26; Rom. 5:12–21). Soon they have so marred the world that God sweeps away all but Noah’s family in a great flood (Gen. 6:5–7:24). God promises redemption. The Creator creates a way people can be saved from sin and its deadly effects. Faced with a massive problem, he begins simply