Genesis 6:7
So Yahweh said, “I will wipe away mankind whom I have created from the surface of the earth; both mankind and the larger animals, and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.”
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In Context
6Yahweh regretted that he had made mankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
8But Noah found favor in the eyes of Yahweh.
Cross References
Psalms 24:1The earth is Yahweh's, and its fullness, 1 the world, and all who live in it. 1
Proverbs 10:27The fear of Yahweh prolongs life, 1 but the years of the wicked will be short. 1
Isaiah 27:11When the boughs are withered, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, 1 for this is not a people of understanding. 1 Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and he who made them will not be merciful to them. 1
Jeremiah 12:3Yet you, Yahweh, know me. You see me and you test my heart toward you. 1 Take them away like sheep to the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter! 1
Zephaniah 1:3I will destroy man and beast; I will destroy the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, 1 the ruins along with the wicked. 1 For I will cut off man from the surface of the earth—this is Yahweh's declaration. 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 →