Did God know all things from the beginning? If so, why did it grieve God because He had made man, as He surely knew man would fall from his perfect state? God knew man would fall, and all provision was made for any exigency that might occur, in His great and wise plan. The language of Gen. 6:6 and other passages is the language of humanity; it is God addressing humanity in language which man can understand. If that had been the end, if at that time of the Deluge there was nothing more to come out of the Lord's creation than what was then manifest, it certainly would have been a thing to be repented of that the earth was made. In other words, had earth's career then closed, it would not have been a matter of glory to God that the world was created, but a matter of sadness and repentance. But after expressing the sorrow of heart because man had turned away from every opportunity, God gives promise of better things that are to come; and after the Flood, He sets His bow in the cloud as a token of the faithfulness of His covenant.