“ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. ”
- 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 b e shāgām ,...
But Noah (i) found grace in the eyes of the LORD. (i) God was merciful to him.
The Flood. This section has been very skilfully composed from both J and P. There are numerous repetitions: Genesis 6:5-8 and Genesis 6:12 f.; Genesis 7:7-9 and Genesis 7:13-16 ; Genesis 7:...
8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. This is a Hebrew phrase, which signifies that God was propitious to him, and favored him. For so the Hebrews are accustomed to speak: — ‘If I...
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord - Why? Because he was, 1. A just man, איש צדיק ish tsaddik, a man who gave to all their due; for this is the ide...
Noah found grace— Obtained favour, or mercy; and the reasons follow in the next verse, why he obtained such favour, and so much regard from God. He was a just man, a justified person, fully acc...
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Mankind was not to be annihilated; means were to be adopted for preserving a small remnant. Noah wa...
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. T...
But Noah found grace. — This is the first place where grace is mentioned in the Bible, and with these words ends the Tôldôth Adam. It has traced man from his creation until his wickedness was so...
THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1-32 ; Genesis 6:1-22 ; Genesis 7:1-24 ; Genesis 8:1-22 ; Genesis 9:1-29 THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was t...
the Wickedness of Men Genesis 5:25-32 ; Genesis 6:1-8 When a son was born to Lamech, he named him Noah, which means “ Rest. ”He thought that the boy would grow up to share and alleviate the...
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 i...
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. Proverbs 8:35 . Is not Noah, in this instance, a type of the blessed Jesus? And is not the finding of Him the grace and favour here spoken of? John 1:...
A LONELY MAN OF GRACE ‘Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.’ Genesis 6:8 I. The first fact that strikes us in the story of the Flood is this : that God, on account of the wickedness to...
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. This man and his family were the only exception to the general apostasy; God always reserves some, in the worst of times, for himself; there is a remna...
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. Ver. 8. But Noah found grace. ] Because in covenant with God; who of himself was a child of wrath, and saved by grace only, though "just and perfect i...
Noah found grace That is, he obtained mercy and favour; for although he was by nature corrupt and sinful, he had been renewed in the spirit of his mind, and by repentance and a lively faith, had o...
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 mix...
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the L ORD . 9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah bega...
i.e. Obtained mercy and favour; which is noted to show that Noah was so far guilty of the common corruption of human nature, that he needed God's grace and mercy to pardon and preserve him from the c...
Genesis 6:8-9 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...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 6:2 . Sons of God.]—That these were angels is a view which, it is well-known, has been held from ancient times, both by Jews and Christians. Of the latter class may be na...
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...
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 unders...
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...
EXPOSITION Genesis 6:1 , Genesis 6:2 And it came to pass. Literally, it was ; not in immediate sequence to the preceding chapter, but at some earlier point in the antediluvian per...
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. "In these words there breaks forth from the dark cloud of wrath the mercy which gives security for the preservation and restoration of humanity. " (Keil....
Genesis 19:19 Exodus 33:12-17 Psalms 84:11 Psalms 145:20 Proverbs 3:4 Proverbs 8:35 Proverbs 12:2 Jeremiah 31:2 Luke 1:30 Acts 7:46 Romans 4:4 Romans 11:6 1 Corinthians 15:10...
The Corrupted Earth Genesis 6:1-9 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,...
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord — This vindicates God's justice in his displeasure against the world, and shews that he had examined the character of every person in it, before he pron...