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This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:9 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB 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.
  • KJV These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
  • NKJV This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
  • NASB These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
  • NLT This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.

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Quick answer

Noah is described as righteous, blameless, and one who walked with God. His character flows from the grace he received.

Overview

Noah's righteousness and blamelessness describe a life of genuine faith and integrity before God, not sinless perfection. "Walked with God" recalls Enoch and marks a life of close fellowship and obedience. The New Testament names Noah among those justified by faith, so his righteousness ultimately points to the righteousness God credits to those who trust him.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 30

  • Heb 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
  • Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
  • Gal 3:11Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
  • 2 Pet 2:5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
  • Gen 5:24Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
  • Gen 7:1Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
  • Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
  • Gen 5:22And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
  • Ezek 14:14then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
  • Gen 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
  • Gen 2:4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
  • 1 Pet 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • Eccl 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
  • Ezek 14:20then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
  • Acts 10:22“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
  • Job 1:8Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
  • Hab 2:4Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
  • Rom 1:17For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
  • Prov 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
  • Phil 3:9–15and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
  • 2 Chr 15:17The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
  • Luke 2:25Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
  • Ps 37:37Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
  • Gen 48:15Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
  • Luke 23:50Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,
  • Job 12:4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
  • 2 Chr 25:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
  • Gen 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
  • Gen 10:1This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.

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Christ at the center

From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.

How Genesis 6:9 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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