Genesis 6:8
וְנֹחַ מָצָא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָֽה ׃ פ
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 19:19הִנֵּה ־ נָא מָצָא עַבְדְּךָ חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ וַתַּגְדֵּל חַסְדְּךָ אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי לְהַחֲיוֹת אֶת ־ נַפְשִׁי וְאָנֹכִי לֹא אוּכַל לְהִמָּלֵט הָהָרָה פֶּן ־ תִּדְבָּקַנִי הָרָעָה וָמַֽתִּי ׃
Psalms 84:11כִּי טֽוֹב ־ יוֹם בַּחֲצֵרֶיךָ מֵאָלֶף בָּחַרְתִּי הִסְתּוֹפֵף בְּבֵית אֱלֹהַי מִדּוּר בְּאָהֳלֵי ־ רֶֽשַׁע ׃
Proverbs 3:4וּמְצָא ־ חֵן וְשֵֽׂכֶל ־ טוֹב בְּעֵינֵי אֱלֹהִים וְאָדָֽם ׃ פ
Proverbs 12:2טוֹב יָפִיק רָצוֹן מֵיְהוָה וְאִישׁ מְזִמּוֹת יַרְשִֽׁיעַ ׃
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 →