Genesis 6:8

And Noah found grace in the eyes of YHWH.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

In Context

7And YHWH says, “I wipe away man whom I have created from off the face of the ground, from man to beast, to creeping thing, and to bird of the heavens, for I have regretted that I have made them.”

9These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah [is] a righteous man; he has been perfect among his generations; Noah has habitually walked with God.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:19now behold, your servant has found grace in your eyes, and you make great your kindness which you have done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave [to] me and I have died;

Psalms 84:11For YHWH God [is] a sun and a shield, || YHWH gives grace and glory. He does not withhold good || To those walking in uprightness.

Proverbs 3:4And find grace and good understanding || In the eyes of God and man.

Proverbs 12:2The good brings forth favor from YHWH, || And the man of wicked schemes He condemns.

Luke 1:30And the messenger said to her, “Do not fear, Mary, for you have found favor with God;

Romans 4:4and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of 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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