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Genesis 6:8
8But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
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Context of Genesis 6:8
6The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. 9This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. 10Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
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Cross-references for Genesis 6:8
- Genesis 19:19Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die.
- Exodus 33:12Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’
- Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
- Psalms 145:20The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
- Proverbs 3:4Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
- Proverbs 8:35For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord.
- Proverbs 12:2Good people obtain favor from the Lord, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.
- Jeremiah 31:2This is what the Lord says: “The people who survive the sword will find favor in the wilderness; I will come to give rest to Israel.”
- Luke 1:30But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.
- Acts 7:46who enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
- Romans 4:4Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation.
- Romans 11:6And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- Galatians 1:15But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased
- 2 Timothy 1:18May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.
- Hebrews 4:16Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Commentaries on Genesis 6:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord - Why? Because he was, 1. A just man, צדיק איש ish tsaddik, a man who gave to all their due; for this is the ideal meaning of the original word. 2. He was perfect in his generation - he was in all things a consistent character, never departing from the truth in principle or practice. 3. He walked with God - he was not only righteous in his conduct, but he was pious, and had continual communion with God. The same…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-8Verses 1-8 - The Growth of Sin 3. דון dı̂yn “be down, strive, subdue, judge.” בשׁגם bāshagām “inasmuch, as also.” The rendering “in their error” requires the pointing בשׁגם beshāgām and the plural form of the following pronoun. It is also unknown to the Septuagint. 4. נפילים nepı̂lı̂ym “assailants, fellers, men of violence, tyrants.” Having traced the line of descent from Adam through Sheth, the seed of God, to Noah, the author proceeds to describe…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-11Verses 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 made him more truly honourable than the men of renown. Let this be our chief desire, let us labour that we may be accepted of him. When the rest of the world was wicked, Noah kept his integrity. God's good-will towards Noah produced this good work in him…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Noah lived a godly life, which was very different from the sinful lives of the rest of humanity.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord--favor. What an awful state of things when only one man or one family of piety and virtue was now existing among the professed sons of God!Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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