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Genesis 6:7

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶמְחֶה אֶת ־ הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר ־ בָּרָאתִי מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה מֵֽאָדָם עַד ־ בְּהֵמָה עַד ־ רֶמֶשׂ וְעַד ־ עוֹף הַשָּׁמָיִם כִּי נִחַמְתִּי כִּי עֲשִׂיתִֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6וַיִּנָּחֶם יְהוָה כִּֽי ־ עָשָׂה אֶת ־ הָֽאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ וַיִּתְעַצֵּב אֶל ־ לִבּֽוֹ ׃

8וְנֹחַ מָצָא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָֽה ׃ פ

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Cross References

Psalms 24:1לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר לַֽיהוָה הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ תֵּבֵל וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָֽהּ ׃

Proverbs 10:27יִרְאַת יְהוָה תּוֹסִיף יָמִים וּשְׁנוֹת רְשָׁעִים תִּקְצֹֽרְנָה ׃

Isaiah 27:11בִּיבֹשׁ קְצִירָהּ תִּשָּׁבַרְנָה נָשִׁים בָּאוֹת מְאִירוֹת אוֹתָהּ כִּי לֹא עַם ־ בִּינוֹת הוּא עַל ־ כֵּן לֹֽא ־ יְרַחֲמֶנּוּ עֹשֵׂהוּ וְיֹצְרוֹ לֹא יְחֻנֶּֽנּוּ ׃ ס

Jeremiah 12:3וְאַתָּה יְהוָה יְדַעְתָּנִי תִּרְאֵנִי וּבָחַנְתָּ לִבִּי אִתָּךְ הַתִּקֵם כְּצֹאן לְטִבְחָה וְהַקְדִּשֵׁם לְיוֹם הֲרֵגָֽה ׃ ס

Zephaniah 1:3אָסֵף אָדָם וּבְהֵמָה אָסֵף עוֹף ־ הַשָּׁמַיִם וּדְגֵי הַיָּם וְהַמַּכְשֵׁלוֹת אֶת ־ הָרְשָׁעִים וְהִכְרַתִּי אֶת ־ הָאָדָם מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה נְאֻם ־ יְהוָֽה ׃

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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