Genesis 6:9

Genesis 6:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
• New International Version (NIV)This 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

Context of Genesis 6:9

7So Adonai said, “I will wipe out humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the ground, from humankind to livestock, crawling things and the flying creatures of the sky, because I regret that I made them.” 8But Noah found favor in Adonai’s eyes. These are the genealogies of Noah. Noah was a righteous man. He was blameless among his generation. Noah continually walked with God. 10Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. 11Now the earth was ruined before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Genesis 6:9 word by word

אֵ֚לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת נֹ֔חַ נֹ֗חַ אִ֥ישׁ צַדִּ֛יק תָּמִ֥ים הָיָ֖ה בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־נֹֽחַ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the generationsתּוֹלֵדוֹתtôledâh tôledâh · generationH8435
• of Noahנֹחַnôach · NoahH5146
• was a justצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• perfectתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemished: blamelessH8549
• in his generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• with Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Genesis 6:9

• Genesis 2:4These are the genealogical records of the heavens and the earth when they were created, at the time when Adonai Elohim made land and sky.
• Genesis 5:1This is the Book of the Genealogies of Adam: When God created Adam, in the likeness of God He made him.
• Genesis 10:1And these are the genealogical records of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
• Genesis 7:1Then Adonai said to Noah, “Come—you and all your household—into the ark. For you only do I perceive as righteous before Me in this generation.
• Job 12:4“I have become a laughingstock to my friend, though I called on God and He answered— a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!
• Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until the full day.
• Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is not a righteous person on earth who does what is good and doesn’t sin.
• Ezekiel 14:14Even if these three men—Noah, Daniel and Job—be in it, they would only deliver their own souls by their righteousness.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Habakkuk 2:4Behold, the puffed up one— his soul is not right within him, But the righteous will live by his trust.
• Luke 2:25Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and pious, waiting for the consolation of Israel. The Ruach ha-Kodesh was on him.
• Luke 23:50Now there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good and righteous man.
• Acts 10:22And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well-spoken of by all the Jewish people, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you.”
• Romans 1:17In it the righteousness of God is revealed, from trust to trust. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by emunah.”
• Galatians 3:11It is clear that no one is set right before God by Torah, for “the righteous shall live by emunah.”
• Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about events not yet seen, in holy fear prepared an ark for the safety of his household. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
• 2 Peter 2:5He did not spare the ancient world. He preserved only Noah, a proclaimer of righteousness, along with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly.

Commentaries on Genesis 6:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-22Verses 9-22 - 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 individual. Hence, the “race” or “generation” living during that time. 14. תבה tēbâh “chest, ark.” It is used only of this vessel of Noah‘s construction, and of the little vessel in which Moses was put Exodus 2:3, Exodus 2:5. The root, according to Furst…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. 9the account: See study note on 2:4 a righteous man, blameless in his generation: The text does not say Noah was without sin (see Romans 5:12–14). Noah was righteous and blameless because he had a close relationship with God. See also Genesis 7:1; 17:1; Hebrews 11:7.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Noah ... just ... and perfect--not absolutely; for since the fall of Adam no man has been free from sin except Jesus Christ. But as living by faith he was just (Ga 3:2; He 11:7) and perfect--that is, sincere in his desire to do God's will.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 6:9

• Character
• Communion
• Fellowship
• God
• Obedience
• Perfection
• Walking

In the dictionaries

• God
• Noah
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Corrupt
• Fill
• Flesh
• Imagination
• Multiply
• Renown
• Repent

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