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Genesis 6:9
‘There was no blame on him.’ This does not mean that Noah was perfect. He had certainly done things that were wrong. But he was a good man. And God had forgiven any wrong things that Noah had done.
‘There was no blame on him.’ This does not mean that Noah was perfect. He had certainly done things that were wrong. But he was a good man. And God had forgiven any wrong things that Noah had done.
- Section VI - The Deluge - XXIII. The Ark 9. דור _dôr_ “age, time from birth to death,” applied either to an individual or the whole contemporary race, running parallel with some leading individua...
IV. THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH CHAPTER 6:9-22 Before the Flood _ 1. Noah walked with God (Genesis 6:9)_ 2. The earth filled with violence (Genesis 6:11) 3. The building of the ark commanded (Genesis...
THE FLOOD. This section has been very skilfully composed from both J and P. There are numerous repetitions: Genesis 6:5 and Genesis 6:12 f.; Genesis 7:7 and...
J gives no explanation of the universal wickedness which caused God to repent man's creation, but the previous narrative has prepared for it. Probably, however, the story, which begins abruptly, has l...
NOAH AND THE ARK.-- Genesis 6:9-22. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Noah did according to all the Lord commanded him._ -- Genesis 7:5. TIME. --Not certainly known; according to Usher B. C. 2447. PLACE. --Somewhere i...
THE GENERATIONS. Hebrew. _toledoth =_ family history. man. Hebrew. _'ish._ See App-14. PERFECT. Hebrew. _tamin, without blemish_ as to breed or pedigree. See App-26. All flesh corrupted but Noah's fa...
The introduction to the Story of the Flood in P. Observe that, whereas J begins with the corruption of the human race, and closes with the mention of Noah, P begins with the mention of Noah and contin...
_These are the generations_, &c. The heading, or superscription of a new section in the narrative of P; cf. Genesis 2:4; Genesis 5:1. _a righteous man_ The word "righteous" (_ṣaddiq_), which occupies...
HE WALKED WITH GOD— See ch. Genesis 5:22. lived as if ever in his sight, and consequently in the most exact discharge of all duties to the Lord; both in a private manner, and as a prophet, or preacher...
2. _Noah: Man of Faith_ (Genesis 6:9-12). 9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah begat three sons: Shem, Ham,...
_THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH: NOAH WAS A JUST MAN AND PERFECT IN HIS GENERATIONS, AND NOAH WALKED WITH GOD._ These are the generations of Noah - (see the note at Genesis 2:4.) This is the comme...
6:9 history (l-4) Lit. 'these are the generations.' See ch. 2.4. generations. (m-15) Refers to the circle in which Noah moved i.e. his contemporaries, as ch. 7.1; and could read 'in his times.'...
THE FLOOD This narrative records the judgment of God upon the sinful forefathers of mankind, and His preservation of a righteous family, in whom the divine purposes for men might be carried out. The s...
PERFECT] i.e. 'upright,' a man of integrity....
THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH (Genesis 6:9; Genesis 9:28). (9) NOAH WAS A JUST MAN AND PERFECT IN HIS GENERATIONS. — “Just” is, literally, _righteous,_ one whose actions were sufficiently upright to exempt...
אֵ֚לֶּה תֹּולְדֹ֣ת נֹ֔חַ נֹ֗חַ אִ֥ישׁ צַדִּ֛יק...
THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesi
NOAH BUILDS THE ARK Genesis 6:9 Human sin had reached an awful climax. Sooner or later its results must have swept the human race from the earth, as smallpox will slay every native on some infected i...
With the passing of the centuries, the degeneration of the individual and the family became that of society. There had been intermixture between the descendants of Cain and those of Seth, resulting in...
GOD SAVED NOAH The one righteous man on earth, Noah, and his family were saved by God (Genesis 6:8). Noah was "just" in that he lived in accord with God's will. He was "perfect," or upright, in that h...
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. Is not a just man, in scripture language, a justified man, in the righteousness of God...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
9._These are the generations of Noah_. The Hebrew word תולדות (_toledoth_) properly means generation. It has, however, sometimes a more extended sense, and applies to the whole history of life; this i...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6, 7, AND 8. Finally we find power and force here below, the result, of the sons of God not keeping their first estate, of apostasy; and God executes judgment...
THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH,.... Or this is the account of his posterity, of the persons that were generated by him, that sprung from him, and peopled the earth after the flood, who are mentione...
These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God. Ver. 9. _Noah was a just man._] By a twofold justice: 1. imputed; 2. imparted. B...
_Noah was a just man Justified_ before God by faith in the promised Seed; for he was an _heir of the righteousness which is by faith, Hebrews 11:7_. He was _sanctified_, and had right principles and d...
1 The wickednesse of the world, which prouoked Gods wrath, and caused the Flood. 8 Noah findeth grace. 13 The order, forme, and end of the Arke. 1 AND it came to passe, when men began to multiply o...
These are the generations, the genealogy, OF NOAH: NOAH WAS A JUST MAN AND PERFECT IN HIS GENERATIONS; AND NOAH WALKED WITH GOD. That is a summary of Noah's history: he was a righteous man, upright an...
God Chooses Noah...
THIRD PART THE GENESIS OF THE WORLD’S JUDGMENT AND OF THE WORLD’S RENEWING BY MEANS OF THE FLOOD. THE FLOOD AND THE DROWNED RACE. THE ARK AND THE SAVED HUMANITY. (THE ARK AS A TYPE OF THE PIOUS FAMIL...
MAN'S DEGRADATION TO CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE It was not long before mankind multiplied greatly on earth, and the dreadful effects of sin multiplied with them. this is emphasized in the corrupt mixture...
PERFECT: Or, upright...
8-11 Noah did not find favour in the eyes of men; they hated and persecuted him, because both by his life and preaching he condemned the world: but he found grace in the eyes of the Lord, and this ma...
THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH; either, 1. Properly the posterity of Noah, as the word is commonly used, and as it is explained GENESIS 6:10. So the rest of this verse comes in by way of parenthesis, which...
Genesis 9:1-29 We have, now, arrived at a deeply-important and strongly-marked division of our book. Enoch has passed off the scene. His walk, as a stranger on earth, has terminated in his translation...
Genesis 6:9 genealogy H8435 Noah H5146 Noah H5146 just H6662 man H376 perfect H8549 generations H1755 Noah H5146 walked...
Genesis 6:8 A ‘But Noah found favour in the eyes of Yahweh. These are the histories of Noah.' Among all who are committing such evil there is one who, with his close family, has remained pure. He al...
WALKED Noah and Enoch are the two antediluvians of whom it is said that they "walked with God" (Genesis 5:24); (Genesis 6:9). Enoch, "translated that he should not see death" (Hebrews 11:5) becomes...
Genesis 6:9 I. Noah, we read, "was a just man and perfect in his generations"; and why? (1) Because he was a faithful man faithful to God, as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." Noah and Ab...
Gen. 6-7 A long period elapsed between the commencement of the building of the ark and the actual flood. During that period we notice: (1) the strength of Noah's faith. God has told him of a deluge of...
CONTENTS: Flood announced. Compromise of sons of God with daughters of men. CHARACTERS: Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth. CONCLUSION: The true believer can float in peace on the very waters by which the wic...
Genesis 6:2. _Sons of God._ Some understand this expression of Seth's sons, who intermarried with Cain's daughters, but assign no reason for their being called the _daughters of men._ Others understan...
_Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God_ NOAH I. NOAH, we read, “was a just man and perfect in his generations”; and why? 1. Because he was a faithful man--fait...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 6:9 Noah’s Descendants. Chapters Genesis 6:1 describe a flood that leads to a renewal of the earth—a reminder of the creation account of...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 6:9_ NOAH, OR A GOOD MAN LIVING IN DEGENERATE TIMES I. That good men living in degenerate times are not overlooked by God. The degenerate and wicked condit...
§ 4. THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH (CH. 6:9-9:29). EXPOSITION GENESIS 6:9 THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH. "Novi capitis initium = "haec est historia Noachi (Rosenmüller; cf. Genesis 5:1). Noah
Chapter six. It came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took...
These. Genesis 2:4 Genesis 5:1 Genesis 10:1 just. Genesis 7:1 Job 12:4...
THE CORRUPTED EARTH Genesis 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we approach the story of the flood, which God sent as a judgment upon the earth, which was corrupt before God and filled with violence, it will...
Noah was a just man — Justified before God by faith in the promised seed; for he was an heir of the righteousness which is by faith, Hebrews 11:7. He was sanctified, and had right principles and dispo...