Genesis 6:8

But Noah found grace before the Lord God.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

In Context

7And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them.

9And these are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noah was well-pleasing to God.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:19since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest toward me that my soul may live—but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.

Psalms 84:11Mercy and truth are met together: 1 Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 1

Proverbs 3:4So shalt thou find favor: and do thou provide things honest 1 In the sight of the Lord, and of men. 1

Proverbs 12:2He that has found favor with the Lord is made better; 1 But a transgressor shall be passed over in silence. 1

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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