Genesis 6:8

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

In Context

7And the Lord said, I will destroy the man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man and beast, and the creeping things and the fowls of the heaven; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just, perfect man in his generation; Noah walked with God.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:19Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy eyes, and thou hast magnified thy kindness, which thou hast showed 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 a sun and shield is the Lord God; grace and glory will the Lord give; he will not withhold any good from those that walk with integrity.

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

Proverbs 12:2The good obtaineth favor 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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