Genesis 6:7
Adonai said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground— man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky— for I am sorry that I have made them.”
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In Context
6Adonai was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
Cross References
Psalms 24:1The earth is Adonai’s, with its fullness; + 24:1. Quoted in 1 Cor 10:26 2 the world, and those who dwell therein. 1
Proverbs 10:27The fear of Adonai prolongs days, 2 but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. 1
Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have racham ·compassionate love· on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.
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 →