Genesis 6:7

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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.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

And YHWH said, “I will wipe out mankind whom I have created from the face of the ground—from mankind to beast, to crawling thing, to the bird of the heavens—for I regret that I have made them!”

Latin

Delebo, inquit, hominem, quem creavi, a facie terræ, ab homine usque ad animantia, a reptili usque ad volucres cæli: pœnitet enim me fecisse eos.

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English

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.”

Notes

Genesis 6:7

blot out … from the … earth: Just as God expelled Adam and Eve from the garden-sanctuary (3:23), God would remove all humans from his good creation.
every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air: Human sin had so damaged the earth that animals and birds, over which humans had control, faced judgment (see 1:28 and study note). Humans have a special role in creation (1:28–30), so human moral decisions influence creation (see 8:1; Job 38:41; Hosea 4:3; Romans 8:19–22).

Genesis 6:1–8

Human wickedness became very great, so God sent the flood to destroy all living things. But there is a sign of hope, because God showed favor to Noah (6:8).

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Noah God’s Change of Mind God’s Covenant with Noah God’s Grief over Apostasy Retribution Symbolic Numbers The Creation

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God decides to destroy every living thing

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Zephaniah 1:3
“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
Psalm 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.
Romans 3:20–22
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
Psalm 24:1–2
A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
Proverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
Jeremiah 12:3–4
But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
Jeremiah 4:22–27
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
Hosea 4:3
Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

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