Genesis 6:9-12

Genesis 6:9-12

[9] These are the generations  of Noah:  was a just  and perfect  in his generations,  and Noah  walked  with God.  [10] And Noah  begat  three  sons,  Shem,  Ham,  and Japheth.  [11] The earth  also was corrupt  before  God,  and the earth  was filled  with violence.  [12] And God  looked  upon the earth,  and, behold, it was corrupt;  for all flesh  had corrupted  his way  upon the earth. 

What does Genesis 6:9-12 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

This is the first time the important words "righteous" and "blameless" appear in the Bible.
"The same explanation for Enoch"s rescue from death ("he walked with God") is made the basis for Noah"s rescue from death in the Flood: "he walked with God" ( Genesis 6:9). Thus in the story of Noah and the Flood, the author is able to repeat the lesson of Enoch: life comes through "walking with God."" [1]
"Noah is depicted as Adam redivivus (revived). He is the sole survivor and successor to Adam; both "walk" with God; both are the recipients of the promissory blessing; both are caretakers of the lower creatures; both father three sons; both are workers of the soil; both sin through the fruit of a tree; and both father a wicked son who is under a curse." [2]
"The two words, "corrupt" and "violence," give us respectively the character and expression of the sin, the cause and the effect [3]. The corruption has led to violence, for badness always leads to cruelty in one form or another. A life that is wrong with God necessarily becomes wrong with its fellows." [4]
"Whereas God has blessed the human family with the power of procreation to fill the earth ( Genesis 1:28; Genesis 9:1), these culprits have "filled the earth" by procreating "violence" (cf. Genesis 6:13; Ezekiel 8:17; Ezekiel 28:16)." [5]