Genesis 6:9

Noah and the Flood

9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.

Genesis 6:9 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
English Standard Version (ESV)
9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
New Living Translation (NLT)
9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.
The Message Bible (MSG)
9 This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God.
American Standard Version (ASV)
9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, [and] perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
9 This is the account of Noah and his descendants. Noah had God's approval and was a man of integrity among the people of his time. He walked with God.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
9 These are the family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
9 Here is the story of Noah. Noah was a godly man. He was without blame among the people of his time. He walked with God.

Genesis 6:9 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 6:9

These are the generations of Noah
Or this is the account of his posterity, of the persons that were generated by him, that sprung from him, and peopled the earth after the flood, who are mentioned in the next verse, what follows being to be put in a parenthesis; as the genealogy of Adam is carried on from Adam to Noah, ( Genesis 5:1-32 ) so the old world ending at the flood, the genealogy of the new world begins with Noah: though Aben Ezra and Ben Gersome interpret the word "events", things which days bring forth, ( Proverbs 27:1 ) these are the events or the things which befell Noah, of which an account is given in this and some following chapters, whose character is next observed:

Noah was a just man;
not only before men, but in the sight of God; and not by his own works of righteousness, for no man is just by them before God, but by the righteousness of the promised seed, the Messiah; for he "became heir of the righteousness which is by faith", ( Hebrews 11:7 ) the righteousness which was to be brought in by the Son of God, and which was revealed to him from faith to faith; and which by faith he received and lived upon, as every just man does, and believed in as his justifying righteousness before God; though he also lived a holy and righteous conversation before men, which may rather be intended in the next part of his character:

and perfect in his generations;
not that he was perfectly holy, or free from sin, but was a partaker of the true grace of God; was sincere and upright in heart and life; lived an unblemished life and conversation, untainted with the gross corruptions of that age he lived in, which he escaped through the knowledge, grace, and fear of God; and therefore it is added, that he was holy, upright, and blameless "in his generations": among the men of the several generations he lived in, as in the generation before the flood, which was very corrupt indeed, and which corruption was the cause of that; and in the generation after the flood: or "in his ages" F23, in the several stages of his life, in youth and in old age; he was throughout the whole course of his life a holy good man.

[And] Noah walked with God:
walked according to his will, in the ways of truth and righteousness; walked in a manner well pleasing to him, and enjoyed much communion with him, as Enoch had done before him, ( Genesis 5:22 Genesis 5:24 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F23 (wytrdb) "in aetatibus suis", Drusius, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius.

Genesis 6:9 In-Context

7 So the LORD said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.”
8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.
10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.

Cross References 4

  • 1. S Genesis 2:4
  • 2. Genesis 17:1; Deuteronomy 18:13; 2 Samuel 22:24; Job 1:1; Job 4:6; Job 9:21; Job 12:4; Job 31:6; Psalms 15:2; Psalms 18:23; Psalms 19:13; Psalms 37:37; Proverbs 2:7
  • 3. Genesis 7:1; Psalms 37:39; Jeremiah 15:1; Ezekiel 14:14,20; Daniel 10:11; S Luke 1:6; Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 2:5
  • 4. S Genesis 5:22
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