Genesis 6:4-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:1-8

The work of sin. The moral chaos out of which the new order is about to be evolved. We find these features in the corrupt state depicted. I. ILL - ASSORTED MARRIAGES . The sons of God— i.e. the seed of the righteous, such men as the patriarchs described in Genesis 5:1-32 ; men who walked with God, and were his prophets—fell away from their allegiance to the Divine order, and went after the daughters of the Cainites, The self-will and mere carnal affections are denoted by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:4

There were . Not became, or arose, as if the giants were the fruit of the previously-mentioned misalliances; but already existed contemporaneously with the sons of God (cf. Keil, Havernick, and Lange). Giants . Nephilim, from naphal, to fall; hence supposed to describe the offspring of the daughters of men and the fallen angels (Hoffman, Delitzsch). The LXX , translate by γι ì γαντες ; whence the "giants" of the A . V . and Vulgate, which Luther rejects as fabulous; but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:5

And God (Jehovah, which should have been rendered 'the Lord') saw —indicative of the long-continued patience (Calvin) of the Deity, under whose immediate cognizance the great experiment of the primeval age of the world was wrought out— that the wickedness ( ra'ath ; from the root raa, to make a loud noise, to rage, hence to be wicked) of man (literally, of the Adam : this was the first aggravation of the wickedness which God beheld; it was the tumultuous rebellion of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:6

And it repented the Lord . Yinnahem ; from naham, to pant, to groan; Niph; to lament, to grieve bemuse of the misery of others, also because of one's own actions; whence to repent (cf. German, rouen ; English, rue : Gesenius); = "it grieved him at his heart." " Verbum nostae pravitatae accommodatum " (Chrysostom); " non est perturbatio, sod judi-cium, quo irrogatur pinna;" and again, "poenitudo Dei est mutandorum immutabilis ratio ". " Deus est immutabilis; sed cum ii,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:7

And the Lord said ,—"Before weird (doom) there's word: Northern Proverb" (Bonar)— I will destroy —literally, blot or wipe out by washing (cf. Numbers 5:23 ; 2 Kings 21:13 ; Proverbs 30:20 ; Isaiah 25:8 ). "The idea of destroying by washing away is peculiarly appropriate to the Deluge, and the word is chosen on account of its significance" (Quarry)— man whom I have created from the face of the earth . An indirect refutation of the angel hypothesis (Keil, Lange). If the angels... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:8

But Noah found grace . Hēn ; the same letters as in Noah, but reversed (cf. Genesis 18:3 ; Genesis 39:4 ; 1 Kings 11:19 ). The present is the first occurrence of the word in Scripture. "Now for the first time grace finds a tongue to express its name" (Murphy); and it clearly signifies the same thing as in Romans 4:1-25 ; Romans 5:1-21 ; Ephesians 2:1-22 ; Galatians 2:1-21 ; the gratuitous favor of God to sinful men. HOMILETICS 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 6:1-8

- The Growth of Sin3. דון dı̂yn “be down, strive, subdue, judge.” בשׁגם bāshagām “inasmuch, as also.” The rendering “in their error” requires the pointing בשׁגם beshāgām, and the plural form of the following pronoun. It is also unknown to the Septuagint.4. נפילים nepı̂lı̂ym “assailants, fellers, men of violence, tyrants.”Having traced the line of descent from Adam through Sheth, the seed of God, to Noah, the author proceeds to describe the general spread and growth of moral evil in the race... read more

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