Genesis 6:13

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים לְנֹחַ קֵץ כָּל ־ בָּשָׂר בָּא לְפָנַי כִּֽי ־ מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ חָמָס מִפְּנֵיהֶם וְהִנְנִי מַשְׁחִיתָם אֶת ־ הָאָֽרֶץ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

In Context

12וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת ־ הָאָרֶץ וְהִנֵּה נִשְׁחָתָה כִּֽי ־ הִשְׁחִית כָּל ־ בָּשָׂר אֶת ־ דַּרְכּוֹ עַל ־ הָאָֽרֶץ ׃ ס

14עֲשֵׂה לְךָ תֵּבַת עֲצֵי ־ גֹפֶר קִנִּים תַּֽעֲשֶׂה אֶת ־ הַתֵּבָה וְכָֽפַרְתָּ אֹתָהּ מִבַּיִת וּמִחוּץ בַּכֹּֽפֶר ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 6:11וַתִּשָּׁחֵת הָאָרֶץ לִפְנֵי הָֽאֱלֹהִים וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ חָמָֽס ׃

Genesis 49:5שִׁמְעוֹן וְלֵוִי אַחִים כְּלֵי חָמָס מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶֽם ׃

Jeremiah 51:13שכנתי עַל ־ מַיִם רַבִּים רַבַּת אֽוֹצָרֹת בָּא קִצֵּךְ אַמַּת בִּצְעֵֽךְ ׃

Hosea 4:1שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר ־ יְהוָה בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי רִיב לַֽיהוָה עִם ־ יוֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ כִּי אֵין ־ אֱמֶת וְֽאֵין ־ חֶסֶד וְאֵֽין ־ דַּעַת אֱלֹהִים בָּאָֽרֶץ ׃

Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:12-13

Depravity of the World. ( b. c. 2448.) 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. The wickedness of that generation is here again spoken of, either as a foil to Noah's piety—he was just and perfect, when all the earth was corrupt; or as a further justification of God's resolution to destroy the world, which he was now about to communicate to his servant Noah. 1.… Read the whole commentary →

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