Genesis 6:6
What meaning of the genesis 6:6 in the Bible?
What does Genesis 6:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart."
What does Genesis 6:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart."
- The Growth of Sin 3. דון _dı̂yn_ “be down, strive, subdue, judge.” בשׁגם _bāshagām_ “inasmuch, as also.” The rendering “in their error” requires the pointing בשׁגם _b__e__shāgām_, and the plura...
CHAPTER 6:1-8 The Increasing Corruption _ 1. The sons of God and the daughters of men (Genesis 6:1)_ 2. The warning of Jehovah (Genesis 6:3) 3. Increased wickedness (Genesis 6:4) 4. Judgment anno...
THE FLOOD. This section has been very skilfully composed from both J and P. There are numerous repetitions: Genesis 6:5 and Genesis 6:12 f.; Genesis 7:7 and Genesis 7:13; Genesis 7:11 and Genesis 7:12...
REPENTED. the Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. LORD. Jehovah, in His covenant relation with mankind....
Introduction to the story of the Flood from J: Jehovah sees the sinfulness of man and resolves to annihilate the race. Genesis 6:5 to Genesis 9:17. The Flood. (J and P.) Here follows the Hebrew narr...
DISCOURSE: 14 GOD’S DETERMINATION TO DESTROY MAN Genesis 6:6. _And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom...
IT REPENTED THE LORD—IT GRIEVED HIM AT HIS HEART— "All things past, present, and future, lie open at once to the view of the Divine Mind," says Dr. Clarke; and therefore that he is immutable in his co...
PART TWENTY: THE WORLD BEFORE THE FLOOD (Genesis 6:1-22) 1. _Universal Degeneracy_ (Genesis 6:1-8). And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were bor...
_AND IT REPENTED THE LORD THAT HE HAD MADE MAN ON THE EARTH, AND IT GRIEVED HIM AT HIS HEART._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
THE FLOOD This narrative records the judgment of God upon the sinful forefathers of mankind, and His preservation of a righteous family, in whom the divine purposes for men might be carried out. The s...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 6 PEOPLE ARE VERY WICKED V1 At that time, men began to increase on the earth. Many daughters were born for them. V2 Then the sons of God saw that...
AND IT REPENTED THE LORD. — If we begin with the omniscience and omnipotence of God as our postulates, everything upon earth must be predestined and immutably fore-ordained. If we start with man’s fre...
וַ יִּנָּ֣חֶם יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי ־עָשָׂ֥ה אֶת ־הָֽ אָדָ֖ם בָּ † אָ֑רֶץ וַ יִּתְעַצֵּ֖ב אֶל...
THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesis 9:1 THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was the Flood. There is every reas...
THE WICKEDNESS OF MEN Genesis 5:25; Genesis 6:1 When a son was born to Lamech, he named him Noah, which means “ _Rest._ ”He thought that the boy would grow up to share and alleviate the strain of dai...
With the passing of the centuries, the degeneration of the individual and the family became that of society. There had been intermixture between the descendants of Cain and those of Seth, resulting in...
THE SONS OF GOD MARRIED THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN From the time of the fall, men could be grouped in two major categories. The "sons of God" would be those people who had good morals, were God-fearing and...
And it (g) repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. (g) God never repents, but he speaks in human terms, because he destroyed him, and in a way denied him...
_It repented him, &c. God, who is unchangeable, is not capable of repentance, grief, or any other passion. But these expressions are used to declare the enormity of the sins of men, which was so provo...
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. By this expression, cannot be meant any change in the mind of God, but only a change in the circumstances...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
_AN AWFUL SIGHT_ ‘And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,’ etc. Genesis 6:5 I. ‘IN THESE V...
6._And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth _The repentance which is here ascribed to God does not properly belong to him, but has reference to our understanding of him. For since we...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6, 7, AND 8. Finally we find power and force here below, the result, of the sons of God not keeping their first estate, of apostasy; and God executes judgment...
AND IT REPENTED THE LORD THAT HE HAD MADE MAN ON THE EARTH,.... Because of the wickedness of man, the wickedness of his heart, and the wickedness of his life and conversation, which was so general, an...
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Ver. 6. _And it repented the Lord, &c., and it grieved him._] These things are spoken of God ανθρωποπαθως,...
_It repented the Lord, it grieved him at his heart_ Properly speaking, God cannot repent, Numbers 23:19; 1 Samuel 15:11; for he is perfectly wise and unchangeable in his nature and counsels, Malachi 3...
1 The wickednesse of the world, which prouoked Gods wrath, and caused the Flood. 8 Noah findeth grace. 13 The order, forme, and end of the Arke. 1 AND it came to passe, when men began to multiply o...
God Resolves to Destroy Man...
FOURTH SECTION _The Universal Corruption in consequence of the mingling of the two lines. The anomism (or enormity) of sins before the flood. Predominant unbelief. Titanic pride. After the flood prev...
MAN'S DEGRADATION TO CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE It was not long before mankind multiplied greatly on earth, and the dreadful effects of sin multiplied with them. this is emphasized in the corrupt mixtur...
1-7 The most remarkable thing concerning the old world, is the destroying of it by the deluge, or flood. We are told of the abounding iniquity of that wicked world: God's just wrath, and his holy res...
_ 2448_ Properly God _cannot repent,_ NUMBERS 23:19 1 SAMUEL 15:11, 1 SAMUEL 15:29, because he is unchangeable in his nature and counsels, ZECHARIAH 3:6 JAMES 1:17, and perfectly wise, and constantly...
Genesis 9:1-29 We have, now, arrived at a deeply-important and strongly-marked division of our book. Enoch has passed off the scene. His walk, as a stranger on earth, has terminated in his translatio...
Genesis 6:6 LORD H3068 sorry H5162 (H8735) made H6213 (H8804) man H120 earth H776 grieved H6087 (H8691) in H413 heart H3820 repented - Exodus 32:14; Numbers 23:19; Deuteronomy 32:36;...
‘And Yahweh regretted that he had made man on the earth (or “the men in the land”) and it grieved him to his heart.' This anthropomorphism is a way of demonstrating God's regret at the situation. It...
REPENTED THE LORD (_ See Scofield); (Zechariah 8:14). _...
Gen. 6-7 A long period elapsed between the commencement of the building of the ark and the actual flood. During that period we notice: (1) the strength of Noah's faith. God has told him of a deluge o...
CONTENTS: Flood announced. Compromise of sons of God with daughters of men. CHARACTERS: Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth. CONCLUSION: The true believer can float in peace on the very waters by which the wic...
Genesis 6:2. _Sons of God._ Some understand this expression of Seth's sons, who intermarried with Cain's daughters, but assign no reason for their being called the _daughters of men._ Others understan...
_God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth._ A DEGENERATE WORLD 1_._ The organic unity of society is favourable to the spread of moral evil. 2. The native willingness of the human s...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 6:6 The Hebrew word for REGRETTED is sometimes translated “repent” and sometimes as “feel sorrow” or “be grieved.” God is GRIEVED over his creation, which he at first saw as ve...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 6:2. Sons of God.]—That these were angels is a view which, it is well-known, has been held from ancient times, both by Jews and Christians. Of the latter class may be named J...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 6:1, GENESIS 6:2 AND IT CAME TO PASS. Literally, _it was_;_ _not in immediate sequence to the preceding chapter, but at some earlier point in the antediluvian period; perhaps about...
Chapter six. It came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took...
repented. Exodus 32:14 Numbers 23:19 Deuteronomy 32:36 1 Samuel 15:11 1 Samuel 15:29 2 Samuel 24:16 1 Chronicles 21:15 Psalms 106:45 Psalms 110:4...
THE CORRUPTED EARTH Genesis 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we approach the story of the flood, which God sent as a judgment upon the earth, which was corrupt before God and filled with violence, it will...
And it repented the Lord that he had made man upon the earth — That he had made a creature of such noble powers, and had put him on this earth, which he built and furnished on purpose to be a comforta...
Why was God unsatisfied with what He made? PROBLEM: In Genesis 1:31, God was satisfied with what He made, declaring it “very good.” But here in Genesis 6:6, God declares that He is “sorry that He had...