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Genesis 6

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Part of The Flood📖 Genesis introduction

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1Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, ✦ 2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose. ✦ 3So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.” ✦ 4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown. ✦ 5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. ✦ 6And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. ✦ 7So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.” ✦ 8Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD. ✦ 9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. ✦ 10And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ✦ 11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. ✦ 12And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways. ✦ 13Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth. ✦ 14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out. ✦ 15And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. ✦ 16You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks. ✦ 17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish. ✦ 18But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. ✦ 19And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you. ✦ 20Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive. ✦ 21You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.” ✦ 22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Gen 7 ·21Exod 40 ·72 Pet 2 ·6Gen 6 ·6Heb 11 ·5Gen 17 ·51 Pet 3 ·5Gen 9 ·4

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 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.

Resources, by level

Lay

  • ★ Start hereDocumentaryExpedition BibleJoel Kramer · Free · evangelical

    On-location biblical archaeology from a credentialed archaeologist (M.A., excavated in Israel) — the best free place to start on "did it really happen?"

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereVideoOverview: Genesis 1–11BibleProject · 9 min · Free

    The single best free starting point for Genesis 1–11 — clear, visual, and faithful to the literary design.

  • VideoSpoken GospelSpoken Gospel · Free · evangelical

    Short, gospel-centered videos and spoken-word poems showing how each passage points to Jesus — especially strong on the Old Testament.

  • ReferenceBook of Genesis — Visual GuideBibleProject · Free

    A free structured guide to the whole book — outline, themes, and links to each video.

  • DocumentaryIs Genesis History?Del Tackett · Free · evangelical

    A young-earth-creationist case for a literal Genesis, free on YouTube. (YEC is one view held by faithful Christians; others read Genesis differently — see the genre guide on how to read it.)

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Seminary

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryGenesis (Word Biblical Commentary)Gordon J. Wenham · Paid · evangelical

    For decades the gold-standard commentary on Genesis — technical but rich. (See the ranked list for alternatives like Hamilton, NICOT.)

  • BookThe Pentateuch as NarrativeJohn H. Sailhamer · ~560 pp · Library · evangelical

    A literary-theological reading that makes Genesis's design visible.

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