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Genesis 6:7 KJV
Genesis · chapter 6 · verse 7
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.Genesis 6:7 · King James Version
Genesis 6:7 in context
5And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
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Key words (Strong's)
- repentethnâchamproperly, to sighH5162 →
- destroymâchâhproperly, to stroke or rubH4229 →
- createdbârâʼto createH1254 →
- earthʼădâmâhsoilH127 →
- beastbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
- fowlsʻôwpha bird , often collectivelyH5775 →
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Here is, I. God's resentment of man's wickedness. He did not see it as an unconcerned spectator, but as one injured and affronted by it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-7