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Genesis 6:11
Genesis 6:11
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Genesis 6 — OverviewGenesis 6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe most remarkable thing we have upon record concerning the old world
is the destruction of it by the universal deluge, the account of which
commences in this chapter, wherein we have, I. The abounding iniquity…Genesis 6 — OverviewGenesis 6 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 6:1, The wickedness of the world, which provoked God’s wrath, and caused the flood; Genesis 6:8, Noah finds grace; Genesis 6:9, His generations, etc; Genesis 6:14, The order, form, dimensions, and end of the ark.Genesis 6 — OverviewGenesis 6 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of the wickedness of the old world, both among the profane and the professors of religion, which was taken notice of and resented by God, upon which he determined the destruction of it, Ge…Genesis 6:11-12Genesis 6:11-12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe wickedness of that generation is here again spoken of, either as a
foil to Noah's piety--he was just and perfect, when all the earth was
corrupt; or as a further justification of God's resolution to destroy…Genesis 6:11Genesis 6:11 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe earth also was corrupt before God,.... That is, the inhabitants of the earth were corrupt in their lives and conversations; they were corrupt both in principle and practice, and did abominable things; and those…