Genesis 6:9 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 6:9

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.

KJV

These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(Verse 9) Noah was a righteous and blameless man in his generation, pleasing to God. Specifically, it says 'in his generation' to show that his righteousness was not according to the perfected righteousness, but according to the righteousness of his generation. And this is what is said in Hebrew: Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generations, he walked with God; that is, he followed in his footsteps.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was God's good-will to him that produced this good work in him. He was a very good man, but he was no better than the grace of God made him, 1 Cor. xv. Now observe his character. [1.] He was a just man, that is, justified before God by faith in the promised seed; for he was an heir of the righteousness which is by faith, Heb. xi.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Noah . . . just . . . and perfect--not absolutely; for since the fall of Adam no man has been free from sin except Jesus Christ. But as living by faith he was just (Ga 3:2; Heb 11:7) and perfect--that is, sincere in his desire to do God's will.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֵ֚לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת	tol.Dot	[are] [the] accounts of	H8435 →
נֹ֔חַ	No.ach	Noah	H5146 →
נֹ֗חַ	No.ach	Noah	H5146 →
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	[was] a man	H376 →
צַדִּ֛יק	tza.Dik	righteous	H6662 →
תָּמִ֥ים	ta.Mim	blameless	H8549 →
הָיָ֖ה	ha.Yah	he was	H1961 →
בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו	be.do.ro.Tav	in generations his	H1755 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
הִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־	hit.ha.lekh-	he walked about	H1980 →
נֹֽחַ׃	No.ach	Noah	H5146 →

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
Galatians 3:11
Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
leads to
- Habakkuk 2:4
  Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
- Romans 1:17
  For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
- Hebrews 10:38
  But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
Through
Genesis 5:24
Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
leads to
- Hebrews 11:5–6
  By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one…
Through
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes…
leads to
- Genesis 6:13
  Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
- 1 Peter 3:20
  who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
Through
Luke 1:6
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
leads to
- Genesis 7:1
  Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
- Genesis 17:1
  When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.