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Genesis 6:1 open_in_new
The Chronology having been brought up to Noah's days, the History takes us back (not forward).
men. sing, with art.. the man Adam. See App-14.
earth. Hebrew. h'adamah, ground.
them: i.e. to Adam and Eve, as in Genesis 1:27 and Genesis 5:2.
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Genesis 6:2 open_in_new
the sons of God. angels. See App-23, and App-26.
God. ha-Elohim = the Creator.
men: in contrast with angels. Hebrew. ha-'adham, singular. the man Adam. See App-14.
they: emph.
wives. women. Genesis 2:22.
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Genesis 6:3 open_in_new
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. See App-9.
strive. remain in, with Septuagint, Arabic, Syriac, and Vulgate; Occurs only here.
man: with article, as in verses: Genesis 6:1 and Genesis 6:2. the man Adam, App-14.
he: emphatic, i.e. the man Adam.
also: i.e. the man Adam also, as well as the others. (Not "men"; if so, as well as what?)
is flesh. If taken as. verb, then it. "in their erring". Hebrew. shagag. App-44. Adam had become like the others.
yet his days. yet Adam's days. See App-24.
hundred and twenty years: this fixes the date A. M. 930-120-810. The B.C. date being 3194, as given.
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Genesis 6:4 open_in_new
giants. Nephilim. See App-25.
those days. "the days of Noah. "
also after that. after their destruction by the Flood, as well as before it. There was another irruption, the result being like those "of old". See notes on Genesis 12:6 with Genesis 13:7. also App-23 and App-25.
renown. Hebrew the men of name. The "heroes" of the Greek mythology. The remains of primitive truth, corrupted in transmission.
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Genesis 6:5 open_in_new
GOD. Jehovah. App-4.
wickedness. lewdness, moral depravity. App-44.
great. multiplied. Very emphatic.
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Genesis 6:6 open_in_new
repented. the Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
LORD. Jehovah, in His covenant relation with mankind.
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Genesis 6:7 open_in_new
destroy. wipe off, blot out.
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Genesis 6:9 open_in_new
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 family. See verses: Genesis 6:11; Genesis 6:12.
his generations: his contemporaries. Hebrew. dor (not toledoth, as at beginning of the verse). See note on Genesis 7:1.
walked. Same as Genesis 5:22; Genesis 5:24. Hebrew. walked habitually.
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Genesis 6:10 open_in_new
three sons. See Genesis 9:18; Genesis 10:1. and 1 Chronicles 1:4. See note on Genesis 5:32.
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Genesis 6:11 open_in_new
corrupt: destroyed by being debased.
violence: the Figure of speech Metonymy. App-6.
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Genesis 6:12 open_in_new
all flesh. Noah's family the only exception. The Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6.
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Genesis 6:13 open_in_new
God. the Creator in connection with the two beasts for preservation (verses: Genesis 6:13; Genesis 6:22; Genesis 6:9). Jehovah in Genesis 7:1, in connection with the seven clean for sacrifice. See note on Genesis 6:19.
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Genesis 6:14 open_in_new
ark. Hebrew. tebah =. floating [building] (not 'aron,. chest). So in Exodus 2:2; Exodus 2:3.
of. Genitive of material. App-17.
rooms. nests.
pitch it. coat it. Hebrew. kaphar, to cover: the only word for "atonement" in O.T. So that it is only atonement that can keep the waters of judgment from us.
with pitch. Hebrew. kopher = resin (not "pitch" or bitumen, which is zepheth, Exodus 2:3 Isaiah 34:9; Isaiah 34:9).
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Genesis 6:15 open_in_new
cubit. The latest approximation gives Genesis 17:5 inches. But this is the "profane" cubit. The sacred cubit was probably about 25 inches.
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Genesis 6:16 open_in_new
window. Hebrew. a place for light (Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:6).
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Genesis 6:17 open_in_new
I, even I. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6.
a flood. Hebrew. mabbul. Limited to this account of the Deluge, and Psalms 29:10, which therefore refers to it. The Babylonian tablets of the Epic of Gilgames are the traditional accounts of primitive truths, corrupted in transmission. The inspired account here corrects the imaginary accretions which had gathered round it.
all flesh. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of part), put here for every kind of being.
breath. Hebrew. ruach = spirit. See App-9.
life. Hebrew. chaiyim, plural for all kinds and manifestations.
die. cease to breathe, expire.
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Genesis 6:18 open_in_new
covenant. First occurrence of the word. and. Note the Polysyndeton (App-6) emph, the assurance given to each.
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Genesis 6:19 open_in_new
two. For preservation of species. In contrast with the "seven" (Genesis 7:2) clean animals, which were for sacrifice. Hence here it is Elohim (verses: Genesis 6:13; Genesis 6:22; Genesis 6:9) as the Creator; while in Genesis 7: it is Jehovah in His covenantrelation. See App-4.
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Genesis 6:20 open_in_new
of. Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac read "and of".
earth. ground.
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Genesis 6:23 open_in_new
Thus. See Hebrews 11:17.