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Genesis 6:1-8

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Increasing Corruption on Earth

1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,
2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.
3 Then the Lord said, 1“My Spirit shall not abide in[a] man forever, 2for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years. ”
4 The Nephilim[b] were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.
5 3The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every 4intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And 5the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it 6grieved him to his heart.
7 So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them. ”
8 But Noah 7found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
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Genesis 6:1-8 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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A World Gone Wicked - Part 2
A World Gone Wicked - Part 2
Dr. Jeff Schreve

When you look around today, does it seem as though evil is overcoming good?  Do you find yourself becoming increasingly numb to the tragedies and travesties occurring around the world at a breakneck pace?  In Noah’s day the world looked a lot like it does now and God was grieved and forced to pass judgment.  In this hard-hitting message from Pastor Jeff Schreve called A WORLD GONE WICKED, he details the key similarities between Noah's day and present day,  and poses the question of whether or not you are someone who is also grieving God.
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A World Gone Wicked - Part 1
A World Gone Wicked - Part 1
Dr. Jeff Schreve

When you look around today, does it seem as though evil is overcoming good?  Do you find yourself becoming increasingly numb to the tragedies and travesties occurring around the world at a breakneck pace?  In Noah’s day the world looked a lot like it does now and God was grieved and forced to pass judgment.  In this hard-hitting message from Pastor Jeff Schreve called A WORLD GONE WICKED, he details the key similarities between Noah's day and present day,  and poses the question of whether or not you are someone who is also grieving God.
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A World Gone Wicked - Part 2
A World Gone Wicked - Part 2
Dr. Jeff Schreve

When you look around today, does it seem as though evil is overcoming good?  Do you find yourself becoming increasingly numb to the tragedies and travesties occurring around the world at a breakneck pace?  In Noah’s day the world looked a lot like it does now and God was grieved and forced to pass judgment.  In this hard-hitting message from Pastor Jeff Schreve called A WORLD GONE WICKED, he details the key similarities and poses the question of whether or not you are someone who is also grieving God.
Listen
A World Gone Wicked - Part 1
A World Gone Wicked - Part 1
Dr. Jeff Schreve

When you look around today, does it seem as though evil is overcoming good?  Do you find yourself becoming increasingly numb to the tragedies and travesties occurring around the world at a breakneck pace?  In Noah’s day the world looked a lot like it does now and God was grieved and forced to pass judgment.  In this hard-hitting message from Pastor Jeff Schreve called A WORLD GONE WICKED, he details the key similarities and poses the question of whether or not you are someone who is also grieving God.
Listen
A World Gone Wicked - Pt. 2
A World Gone Wicked - Pt. 2
Dr. Jeff Schreve

When you look around today, does it seem as though evil is overcoming good?  Do you find yourself becoming increasingly numb to the tragedies and travesties occurring around the world at a breakneck pace?  In Noah’s day the world looked a lot like it does now and God was grieved and forced to pass judgment.  In this hard-hitting message from Pastor Jeff Schreve called A WORLD GONE WICKED, he details the key similarities and poses the question of whether or not you are someone who is also grieving God.  This message is part of the 7-message series, THE DAYS OF NOAH.
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A World Gone Wicked - Pt. 1
A World Gone Wicked - Pt. 1
Dr. Jeff Schreve

When you look around today, does it seem as though evil is overcoming good?  Do you find yourself becoming increasingly numb to the tragedies and travesties occurring around the world at a breakneck pace?  In Noah’s day the world looked a lot like it does now and God was grieved and forced to pass judgment.  In this hard-hitting message from Pastor Jeff Schreve called A WORLD GONE WICKED, he details the key similarities and poses the question of whether or not you are someone who is also grieving God.  This message is part of the 7-message series, THE DAYS OF NOAH.
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Cross References 7

  • 1. 6:3 1 Pet. 3:19, 20; [Neh. 9:30; Gal. 5:16, 17]
  • 2. 6:3 Ps. 78:39
  • 3. 6:5 Ps. 14:2, 3
  • 4. 6:5 ch. 8:21; Job 14:4; 15:14; Ps. 51:5; Jer. 17:9; Matt. 15:19; Rom. 3:23
  • 5. 6:6 1 Sam. 15:11; 2 Sam. 24:16; Joel 2:13; [Num. 23:19; 1 Sam. 15:29]
  • 6. 6:6 Isa. 63:10; Eph. 4:30
  • 7. 6:8 ch. 19:19; Ex. 33:12, 13, 16, 17

Footnotes 2

  • [a] 6:3 Or 'My Spirit shall not contend with'
  • [b] 6:4 Or 'giants'

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