Genesis 6:8

But Noe found grace before the Lord.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

In Context

7He said: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them.

9These are the generations of Noe: Noe was a just and perfect man in his generations, he walked with God.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:19Because thy servant hath found grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewn to me, in saving my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil seize me, and I die :

Psalms 84:11For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

Proverbs 3:4And thou shalt And grace and good understanding before God and men.

Proverbs 12:2He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord : but he that trusteth in his own devices doth wickedly.

Luke 1:30And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God.

Romans 4:4Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:7-8

Mankind Threatened with Destruction. ( b. c. 2469.) 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. Here is, I. God's resentment of man's wickedness. He did not see it as an unconcerned spectator, but as one injured and affronted by it; he saw it as a tender father sees… Read the whole commentary →

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