page_title: Banishment in the Torah
section_title: Genesis Chapter 6
hierarchical_section_title: Banishment in the Torah / Genesis / Genesis Chapter 6
caption_attribution_description: English: "The Deluge", Frontispiece to Doré's illustrated edition of the Bible. Based on the story of Noah's Ark, this shows humans and a tiger doomed by the flood futilely attempting to save their children and cubs. Français&#160;: "Le Déluge", Frontispice de l'édition illustrée par Gustave Doré de la Bible. Basé sur l'histoire de l'Arche de Noé, la gravure montre des humains et un tigre tentant en vain de sauver leur progéniture.
context_page_description: Banishment or exile can be a form of punishment. It means to be away from one's home while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened by prison or death upon return. It is a common theme within the Bible, beginning with Adam and Eve. Below is a partial list of these exiles as referenced in the Bible.
context_section_description: Genesis 6:7
  And the LORD said: 'I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the air; for it repenteth Me that I have made them.'
  (The LORD decides to flood the earth due to the evil of men—just before Noah's Flood.)
caption: The Deluge by Gustave Doré.
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