Genesis 6:9-9:17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 6:8-10

We have here Noah distinguished from the rest of the world, and a peculiar mark of honour put upon him. 1. When God was displeased with the rest of the world, he favoured Noah: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord, Gen. 6:8. This vindicates God's justice in his displeasure against the world, and shows that he had strictly examined the character of every person in it before he pronounced it universally corrupt; for, there being one good man, he found him out, and smiled upon him. It... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:9

These are the generations of Noah ,.... Or this is the account of his posterity, of the persons that were generated by him, that sprung from him, and peopled the earth after the flood, who are mentioned in the next verse, what follows being to be put in a parenthesis; as the genealogy of Adam is carried on from Adam to Noah, Genesis 5:1 so the old world ending at the flood, the genealogy of the new world begins with Noah: though Aben Ezra and Ben Gersome interpret the word "events", things... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:9

Verse 9 9.These are the generations of Noah. The Hebrew word תולדות (toledoth) properly means generation. It has, however, sometimes a more extended sense, and applies to the whole history of life; this indeed seems to be its meaning in the present place. (271) For when Moses had stated that one man was found whom God, — when he had determined to destroy the whole world, — would yet preserve, he briefly describes what kind of person he was. And, in the first place, asserts, that he was just and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:9

§ 4. THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH ( CH . 6:9-9:29). EXPOSITION These are the generations of Noah . "Novi capitis initium = "haec est historia Noachi (Rosenmüller; cf. Genesis 5:1 ). Noah ( vide Genesis 5:29 ) was a just man . צַדִּיק : not of spotless innocence (Knobel); but upright, honest, virtuous, pious ( vir probus ); from צָדַּק , to be straight, hence to be just; Piel to render just or righteous (Eccl. Lat; justificare ) , to declare any one just... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:9-22

The building of the ark. I. THE MAN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES . A common saying, and one possessed of a show of wisdom, that a person seldom rises far above the average goodness, or sinks far below the average wickedness, of the age in which he lives. Yet it is precisely in proportion as individuals either excel or fall beneath their generation that they are able to affect it for good or evil. All epoch-making men are of this stamp. Noah, it is obvious, was not a man whose character... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:9-22

Righteousness and peace. The description of Noah is very similar to that of Enoch, just and perfect in his generation, that is, blameless in his walk before men, which is saying much of one who lived in a time of universal corruption. And he walked with God, i.e. devout and religious, and, from the analogy of the preceding use of the words, we may say, a prophet. He preached righteousness both with lip and life. To this good and great prophet the announcement is made of the coming... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 6:9-22

- Section VI - The Deluge- XXIII. The Ark9. דור dôr “age, time from birth to death,” applied either to an individual or the whole contemporary race, running parallel with some leading individual. Hence, the “race” or “generation” living during that time.14. תבה tēbâh “chest, ark.” It is used only of this vessel of Noah’s construction, and of the little vessel in which Moses was put Exodus 2:3, Exodus 2:5. The root, according to Furst, means “to be hollow.” אבה 'ēbeh a cognate word,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 6:9

Genesis 6:9. Noah was a just man Justified before God by faith in the promised Seed; for he was an heir of the righteousness which is by faith, Hebrews 11:7. He was sanctified, and had right principles and dispositions implanted in him; and he was righteous in his conversation, one that made conscience of rendering to all their due, to God his due, and to men theirs. And he walked with God, as Enoch had done before him: in his generation Even in that corrupt, degenerate age. It... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:9-22

The flood (6:9-8:19)Amid the corruption, there was one man, Noah, who remained faithful to God. Therefore, God promised to preserve Noah, along with his family, so that when the former evil race had been destroyed, he could use Noah and his family to build a new people (9-12; cf. Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 2:4-5; 2 Peter 2:4-5).God’s means of destruction was a great flood. Besides preserving Noah and his family, God preserved a pair of each kind of animals in the region, thereby helping to maintain... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 6:9

the generations. Hebrew. toledoth = family history. man = Hebrew. 'ish. See App-14 . perfect. Hebrew. tamin, without blemish as to breed or pedigree. See App-26 . All flesh corrupted but Noah's family. See verses: Genesis 6:11 , Genesis 6:12 . his generations: his contemporaries. Hebrew. dor (not toledoth, as at beginning of the verse). See note on Genesis 7:1 . walked. Same as Genesis 5:22 , Genesis 5:24 . Hebrew = walked habitually. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 6:8-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:9-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:9-22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 6:9-22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 6:9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:9-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 6:9

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