Genesis · 22 verses

Genesis 6

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The ark begins with a material nobody explains: gopher wood. It receives dimensions, decks, a roof, a door, and a coating of pitch, but not so much as a hint about the timber itself.

A world gone wrongvv. 1–8

Human beings multiply, the sons of God take whichever daughters they choose, and the Nephilim appear—“in those days—and afterward as well,” with the chapter declining to say what afterward means. The LORD fixes man’s days at 120 years, though the measure is left just as mysterious, then sees wickedness everywhere and regrets making man. Noah, rather remarkably amid all this, finds favor.

The measurements of survivalvv. 9–22

Noah is introduced as righteous, blameless, and walking with God, with Shem, Ham, and Japheth named as his sons. The earth, meanwhile, is corrupt and full of violence, so God orders an ark: 300 cubits long, 50 wide, 30 high, with three decks and a door in its side. Noah is to bring in his household, two of every living creature, and food for everyone aboard. The chapter ends with the pleasingly brisk sentence that he did precisely as commanded.

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Gen 6:1Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
Gen 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
Gen 6:3So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
Gen 6:4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
Gen 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
Gen 6:6And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
Gen 6:7So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
Gen 6:8 Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
Gen 6:9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
Gen 6:10And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen 6:11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
Gen 6:12And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
Gen 6:13Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
Gen 6:14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.
Gen 6:15And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
Gen 6:16You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.
Gen 6:17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
Gen 6:18But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
Gen 6:19And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
Gen 6:20Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
Gen 6:21You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”
Gen 6:22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

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Where this is echoed

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5 Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
5 Romans 1:28–31Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
5 Mark 7:21–23For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
5 Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
5 Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
5 Ephesians 2:1–3And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
5 Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
4 Numbers 13:33We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
5 Ecclesiastes 7:29Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
5 Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
6 Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
9 Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
5 Psalms 53:2God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
6 1 Samuel 15:11“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
3 Nehemiah 9:30You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
9 Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

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