Genesis 6:6-16

6 he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret
7 that he said, "I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them."
8 But the Lord was pleased with Noah.
9 This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God, 1
11 but everyone else was evil in God's sight, and violence had spread everywhere.
12 God looked at the world and saw that it was evil, for the people were all living evil lives.
13 God said to Noah, "I have decided to put an end to all people. I will destroy them completely, because the world is full of their violent deeds.
14 Build a boat for yourself out of good timber; make rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.
15 Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
16 Make a roof for the boat and leave a space of 18 inches between the roof and the sides. Build it with three decks and put a door in the side.

Genesis 6:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 6

This chapter gives an account of the wickedness of the old world, both among the profane and the professors of religion, which was taken notice of and resented by God, upon which he determined the destruction of it, Ge 6:1-7 only one man, Noah, is excepted, who found favour with God, and whose character is given, Ge 6:8-10 and to whom was observed by God the general corruption of the earth, Ge 6:11-13 and to whom he gave orders and directions for the building an ark for himself, and his family, being determined to destroy the earth with a flood, and all creatures in it, Ge 6:14-17 only he would preserve him and his wife, his three sons and their wives, and two of every living creature, for which, and for himself and his family, he was to take food into the ark when built, Ge 6:18-21 and the chapter is concluded with observing, that Noah did as he was commanded, Ge 6:22.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 6.9 +2Ben Sira 44.17, 18; +12 Peter 2.5.

Footnotes 2

Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.