Genesis 6:8

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

In Context

7And the LORD said: 'I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the air; for it repenteth Me that I have made them.'

9These are the generations of Noah. Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:19behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.

Psalms 84:11(84-12) For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD giveth grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Proverbs 3:4So shalt thou find grace and good favour in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 12:2A good man shall obtain favour of the LORD; but a man of wicked devices will He condemn.

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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