Genesis 6:7 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 6:7

So 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.”

BSB

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ASV

And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

KJV

And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Noah and the Ark, 4.10 (397)

'I will wipe from the face of the Earth,' He said, 'man, beasts, crawling creatures, and birds of the sky' (Gen. VI, 7). What harm had the irrational creatures done? But because these things had been done for the sake of humanity, once humanity was destroyed, the logical consequence was that these things should also be destroyed, since there was no one to make use of them. However, on a deeper level, this is revealed as the mind of man, which is capable of reason; for man is defined as a living, mortal, rational animal.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

Irenaeus

The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching, Sections 18-19 (202)

And for a very long while wickedness extended and spread, and reached and laid hold upon the whole race of mankind, until a very small seed of righteousness remained among them: and illicit unions took place upon the earth, since angels were united with the daughters of the race of mankind; and they bore to them sons who for their exceeding greatness were called giants.

Book of Enoch

1 Enoch, Chapters 9-11 (-300)

And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When God repented that he had made man, he resolved to destroy man. Thus those that truly repent of sin will resolve, in the strength of God's grace, to mortify sin and to destroy it, and so to undo what they have done amiss. We do but mock God in saying that we are sorry for our sin, and that it grieves us to the heart, if we continue to indulge it.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶמְחֶ֨ה	'em.Cheh	I will wipe	H4229 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָאָדָ֤ם	ha.'a.Dam	<the> humankind	H120 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
בָּרָ֙אתִי֙	ba.Ra.ti	I created	H1254 →
מֵעַל֙	me.'Al	from on	H5921 →
פְּנֵ֣י	pe.Nei	[the] surface of	H6440 →
הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה	ha.'a.da.Mah	the ground	H127 →
מֵֽאָדָם֙	me.'a.Dam	from humankind	H120 →
עַד־	'ad-	unto	H5704 →
בְּהֵמָ֔ה	be.he.Mah	animal[s]	H929 →
עַד־	'ad-	unto	H5704 →
רֶ֖מֶשׂ	Re.mes	creeping thing[s]	H7431 →
וְעַד־	ve.'ad-	and unto	H5704 →
ע֣וֹף	of	[the] bird[s] of	H5775 →
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
נִחַ֖מְתִּי	ni.Cham.ti	I regret	H5162 →
כִּ֥י	ki	that	H3588 →
עֲשִׂיתִֽם׃	'a.si.Tim	I have made them	H6213 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
leads to
- Proverbs 9:11
  For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
- Proverbs 3:2
  for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
- Psalms 91:16
  With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
- Job 15:32–33
  It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
Through
Psalms 37:20
But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
leads to
- Psalms 68:2
  As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
- Psalms 102:3
  For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
- Luke 13:3
  No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
- Judges 5:31
  So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.