The Meaning of Genesis 6:8 Explained

Genesis 6:8

KJV: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

YLT: And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.

Darby: But Noah found favour in the eyes of Jehovah.

ASV: But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.

Discover Genesis 6:8

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 6:8?

MEANING: What does Genesis 6:8 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Genesis 6:8 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Genesis 6:8?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But Noah  found  grace  in the eyes  of the LORD. 

What does Genesis 6:8 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Noah was the one exception to universal godlessness. "Noah" may mean "grieved" (the Hebrew niphal form) or "comfort" (the piel form). "Favor" is grace. This is the first mention of this word in the Old Testament, though we have seen many examples of God"s grace thus far. There is a word play in the Hebrew text (an anagram). The same consonants of Noah"s name (nh) in the reverse order mean "grace" (hn).
All God"s people can identify with Noah, the recipient of God"s grace. It is only by God"s grace that we can escape His judgment on the wicked.
"Genesis is flatly contradicting the humanistic optimism of Mesopotamia: humanity"s situation in its view is hopeless without divine mercy." [1]
This section shows that pagan idolatry and immorality pain God and incur His judgment that man can only escape by His provision of salvation.

Context Summary

Genesis 6:1-8 - The Wickedness Of Men
When a son was born to Lamech, he named him Noah, which means "Rest."He thought that the boy would grow up to share and alleviate the strain of daily toil. But his hope was premature: rest was not yet: the Deluge would soon sweep over the works of men. The world must await the true Rest-giver, who said, "Come unto Me." It was an age of abounding wickedness, but the language describing it is obscure. Some think that "the sons of God" were fallen angels; others that the seed of Seth became joined in marriage with the daughters of Cain. But God's Spirit strove with man, and though a limit was put to His pleadings, yet He sought men with yearning remonstrance, till His Holy Spirit received the final negative and turned away disappointed and grieved. There was considerable delay. For 120 years the Spirit of God waited. See 1 Peter 3:20. He will not wait for ever, Luke 13:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 6

1  The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath
8  Noah finds grace
9  His family line
14  The order, form, dimensions, and building of the ark

What do the individual words in Genesis 6:8 mean?

But Noah found grace in the eyes of Yahweh -
וְנֹ֕חַ מָ֥צָא חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה פ

וְנֹ֕חַ  But  Noah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נׄחַ  
Sense: son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of the human race because his family were the only survivors of the flood.
מָ֥צָא  found 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.
חֵ֖ן  grace 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֵן  
Sense: favour, grace, charm.
בְּעֵינֵ֥י  in  the  eyes 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, cdc
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
יְהוָֽה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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