But Noah found favor in the LORD’s eyes.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 6:8 in context
Genesis 6:5–11
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The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
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The LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
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The LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.”
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But Noah found favor in the LORD’s eyes.
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This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
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Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
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