Genesis 6:4-9

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 6:5

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth — Abundance of sin was committed in all places, by all sorts of people: and those sins in their own nature most gross and heinous, and provoking: and committed daringly, with a defiance of heaven.And that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually — A sad... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 6:6

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.And it repented the Lord that he had made man upon the earth — That he had made a creature of such noble powers, and had put him on this earth, which he built and furnished on purpose to be a comfortable habitation for him; and it grieved him at his heart - These are expressions after the manner of men, and must be understood so as not to reflect upon God's immutability or felicity. It doth not speak... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 6:7

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.I will destroy man — The original word is very significant. I will wipe off man from off the earth; as dirt is wiped off from a place which should be clean, and thrown to the dunghill. Or, I will blot out man from the earth, as those lines are blotted out of a book which displease the author, or as... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 6:8

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord — This vindicates God's justice in his displeasure against the world, and shews that he had examined the character of every person in it, before he pronounced it universally corrupt; for there being one good man he smiled upon him. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 6:9

These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.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... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:1-8

The Book of the Generations of Adam, Genesis 5:1 to Genesis 6:8. Here begins another of the main divisions of our volume. As observed in the Introduction, (p. 50,) it is not an account of the origin or creation of Adam, nor even of his oldest progeny, but of his posterity through the line of Seth, who is treated as having taken the place of Abel. Genesis 4:25. It is our author’s habit to unfold a series of events connected as in a chain of causes and effects, and then to return and take up one... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:4

4. Giants in the earth Literally, The Nephilim were in the land in those days, and also after that, ( or specially after that,) when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of man, and they bare children to them, these are the heroes ( Gibborim) who from the olden time were the men of name renowned, notorious men . There is no authority in the Hebrew for the translation giants. The word comes from the Sept., which renders Nephilim, γιγαντες , earth born, from which it has... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5

5. God saw… only evil A fearful picture of human depravity, in its thoroughness and universality . The genealogy of the lust and violence that now raged through the world is powerfully traced in a few pregnant words . First, the foul heart, then the thinking, (process,) then the thought, (product,) the imaged sin, ( יצר ,) then the foul deed . From the corrupt heart swarm the carnal thoughts; in these are bred the sinful imageries and purposes, whence are spawned the abominable... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:6

6. It repented the Lord The pain of the divine love at man’s sin is thus tenderly and forcibly set forth; explained more fully by the following words: It grieved him at his heart Or rather, He grieved himself to the heart . A beautiful picture of God’s tenderness, yearning over the sinful child who had so fearfully corrupted his way and befouled the earth (made “very good” for him) by abominable wickedness . God’s acts and purposes are here, as everywhere, necessarily described in... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:7

7. I will destroy Literally, I will wipe out man . When God destroys his own creature, the creature must have made itself fearfully guilty and corrupt . Both man, and beast Heb, from man unto beast; that is, beginning at man, the destruction shall descend to beasts, man’s subjects and servants . It is one of the deep mysteries of this life that the lower orders of animate beings rejoice and suffer in sympathy with man, and are, therefore, involved in the calamities which result... read more

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