Genesis 6:7
And Hashem said, I will wipe out HaAdam whom I have created from the face of ha'adamah; both Adam, and Behemah, and the Remes and the Oph HaShomayim; for I relent that I have made them.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6And Hashem relented that He had made HaAdam on ha'aretz, and He was grieved in His lev.
8But Noach found chen (grace, unmerited favor) in the eyes of Hashem. 1 [NOACH]
Cross References
Psalms 24:1(Mizmor of Dovid) 1 the tevel (world), and they that dwell therein. 1
Proverbs 10:27The Yirat Hashem prolongeth yamim; 1 but the shanot of the resha'im shall be cut short. 1
Isaiah 27:11When the boughs thereof are dry, 1 they shall be broken off; 1 the nashim come, and set them on fire; 1 for it is a people of no understanding; 1 therefore He that made them will not have compassion on them, 1 and He that formed them will show them no favor.
Jeremiah 12:3But Thou, Hashem, knowest me; 1 Thou hast seen me, and tested mine lev toward Thee; 1 pull them out like tzon for the tevakh (slaughter), 1 and prepare them for the Yom Haregah (Day of Slaughter, Killing). 1
Zephaniah 1:3I will sweep away Adam (humankind) and Behemah (beast, animal, cattle); 1 I will sweep away Oph HaShomayim (Birds of the Air) 1 and the Dagim of HaYam (Fish of the Sea), 1 and the michsholim (stumbling blocks, what causes to fall into sin) with the resha'im; 1 and I will cut off adam from off the adamah, 1 saith Hashem. 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 →