Genesis 6:8

But yet Noe found grace in the syghte of the LORde.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

In Context

7And sayd: I wyll destroy mankynde which I haue made fro of the face of the erth: both man beast worme and foule of the ayre for it repeteth me that I haue made them.

9These are the generatios of Noe. Noe was a righteous man and vncorrupte in his tyme and walked wyth god.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:19beholde in as moch as thy servaunte hath fownde grace in thy syghte now make thi mercy great which thou shewest vnto me in savinge my lyfe. For I can not saue my selfe in the mountayns lest some misfortune fall vpon me and I dye.

Luke 1:30And ye angell sayde vnto her: feare not Mary: for thou hast founde grace wt god.

Romans 4:4To him that worketh is the rewarde not reckened of favour: but of duty.

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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