Genesis 6:8

Translations

Modern

Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

Traditional

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Literal

And Noah found favor in the eyes of YHWH.

Latin

Noë vero invenit gratiam coram Domino.

Original

Hebrew

English

Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

Notes

Genesis 6:8

Noah lived a godly life, which was very different from the sinful lives of the rest of humanity.

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).

Theme notes and profiles

Noah God’s Covenant with Noah Retribution Symbolic Numbers The Creation

Events

God instructs Noah to build the arkc. 2400 BC

Related verses

Hebrews 4:16
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Genesis 19:19
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Luke 1:30
So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Psalm 145:20
The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
Proverbs 3:4
Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
Acts 7:46
…who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
Exodus 33:12–17
Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’
Romans 4:4
Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
Proverbs 12:2
The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.

People

Noah: Righteous man, built ark, survived flood

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Biblical Concept of Law Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Genesis, Book of Land Mesopotamia Noah Patriarchs, Period of the Peter, Second Letter of Remnant The Flood

Topics

Favor God: Grace of God: Preserver: To Noah and his Family, at the Time of the Flood God: Special Grace: To Noah Perfection: Ascribed to Noah

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