Verse Genesis 6:11. _THE EARTH ALSO WAS CORRUPT_] Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:5....
- 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...
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...
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...
II.. WICKED WORLD. 11. THE EARTH ALSO WAS CORRUPT BEFORE GOD. A general statement is here made of the causes that led God to send the Deluge upon man. The earth was filled with corruption. In the pre...
CORRUPT: destroyed by being debased. VIOLENCE: the Figure of speech _Metonymy._ App-6....
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...
_corrupt_ The full strength of the word would rather be given by "corrupted." LXX ἐφθάρη, Lat. _corrupta est_, "was marred, ruined." "Before God," i.e. according to the standard of His judgement. "God...
THE EARTH ALSO WAS CORRUPT—FILLED WITH VIOLENCE— Instead of _also_ the Hebrew may be rendered, with rather more propriety, _and the earth;_ that is, all the men upon the earth (except Noah, &c.) _were...
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,...
_THE EARTH ALSO WAS CORRUPT BEFORE GOD, AND THE EARTH WAS FILLED WITH VIOLENCE._ The earth also was corrupt before God. The phrase "before God," expresses the enormity of the corruption which, though...
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...
When God made everything, it was very good. (See Genesis 1:31.) But when Noah lived, everything was evil. This change started when Adam and Eve did not obey God. (See Genesis 3:17-19.) The effect of t...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 6 PEOPLE ARE VERY WICKED V1 At that time, men began to increase on the earth. Many daughters were born for them. V2 Then the sons of God saw that...
THE EARTH. — This is the larger word, and it occurs no less than six times in these three verses, thus indicating a more widespread calamity than if adâmâh only had been used, as in Genesis 6:7. But t...
וַ תִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת הָ אָ֖רֶץ לִ פְנֵ֣י הָֽ
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...
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with (k) violence. (k) Meaning, that all were given to the contempt of God, and oppression of their neighbours....
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...
11._The earth also was corrupt before God_. In the former clause of this verse Moses describes that impious contempt of God, which had left no longer any religion in the world; but the light of equity...
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...
THE EARTH ALSO WAS CORRUPT BEFORE GOD,.... That is, the inhabitants of the earth were corrupt in their lives and conversations; they were corrupt both in principle and practice, and did abominable thi...
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. Ver. 11. _The earth also was corrupt before God._] Or, rotten, putrid, and stank again. Sin is an offence to all God's s...
_The earth_ Put for its inhabitants; _was corrupt before God_ In matters of God's worship; either having other gods _before him_, or worshipping him by images; or _before the face of God_, whose eye w...
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...
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence....
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...
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 EARTH is here put for its inhabitants, as 1 KINGS 10:24 EZEKIEL 14:13. BEFORE GOD, or, _before the face of God; _ q.d. in despite and contempt of God, and of his presence and justice. Compare Gene...
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 6:11 earth H776 corrupt H7843 (H8735) before H6440 God H430 earth H776 filled H4390 (H8735) violence...
THE CORRUPTION IN THE EARTH (GENESIS 6:11) Genesis 6:11 ‘And the earth (or inhabited world or land) was corrupt before God (Elohim), and the earth (or land) was filled with violence.' This would app...
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...
_The earth also was corrupt_ CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE, TWIN EVILS If succeeding generations inquire, wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto the work of His hands? What meaneth the heat of this great...
_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...
before. Genesis 7:1 Genesis 10:9 Genesis 13:13 2 Chronicles 34:27 Luke 1:6
NOAH AND THE ARK Genesis 6:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is a verse in the New Testament which reads: "As the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." 1. ONE CANNOT BUT MARVE...
The earth also was corrupt before God — That is, in the matters of God's worship; either they had other gods before him, or worshipped him by images: or, they were corrupt and wicked in despite of God...