Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was in his generations a man righteous and whole-hearted; Noah walked with God.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
10And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Cross References
Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him;
Genesis 5:24And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him.
Genesis 10:1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Genesis 48:15And he blessed Joseph, and said: 'The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath been my shepherd all my life long unto this day,
2 Chronicles 15:17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole all his days.
Job 1:1THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was whole-hearted and upright, and one that feared God, and shunned evil.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:9-11
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord . 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 begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. We have here Noah distinguished from the rest of the world, and a peculiar mark of honour put upon him. 1. When God was displeased with the rest of the world, he favoured Noah: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord, v. 8 . This vindicates God's justice in his displeasure against the world, and… Read the whole commentary →