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These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:9 · King James Version
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.
  • BSB This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; 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, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
  • Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
  • Gal 3:11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
  • 2 Pet 2:5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
  • Gen 5:24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
  • Gen 7:1And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
  • Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
  • Gen 5:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
  • Ezek 14:14Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Gen 17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
  • Gen 2:4These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
  • 1 Pet 2:5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
  • Eccl 7:20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
  • Ezek 14:20Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
  • Acts 10:22And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
  • Job 1:8And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
  • Hab 2:4Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
  • Rom 1:17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
  • Prov 4:18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
  • Phil 3:9–15And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
  • 2 Chr 15:17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
  • Luke 2:25And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
  • Ps 37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
  • Gen 48:15And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
  • Luke 23:50And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
  • Job 12:4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
  • 2 Chr 25:2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
  • Gen 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
  • Gen 10:1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

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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.

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