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Genesis 6:7–11

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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.
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
¶ These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
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From verse 7

  1. Zephaniah 1:3Rank 1 from verse 7
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    3I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.

  2. Psalms 37:20Rank 2 from verse 7
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    20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

  3. Romans 3:20–22Rank 3 from verse 7
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    20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

    21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

    22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

  4. Jeremiah 12:3–4Rank 4 from verse 7
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    3But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

    4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

  5. Proverbs 10:27Rank 5 from verse 7
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    27The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

  6. Proverbs 16:4Rank 6 from verse 7
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    4The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

  7. Psalms 24:1–2Rank 7 from verse 7
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    1THE earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

    2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

  8. Hosea 4:3Rank 8 from verse 7
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    3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

  9. Jeremiah 4:22–27Rank 9 from verse 7
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    22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

    23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

    24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

    25I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

    26I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.

    27For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

From verse 8

  1. Genesis 19:19Rank 1 from verse 8
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    19Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

  2. Hebrews 4:16Rank 2 from verse 8
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    16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

  3. Luke 1:30Rank 3 from verse 8
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    30And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

  4. Psalms 145:20Rank 4 from verse 8
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    20The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

  5. Psalms 84:11Rank 5 from verse 8
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    11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  6. 1 Corinthians 15:10Rank 6 from verse 8
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    10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  7. Acts 7:46Rank 7 from verse 8
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    46Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

  8. Exodus 33:12–17Rank 8 from verse 8
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    12¶ And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

    13Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

    14And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

    15And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.

    16For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

    17And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

  9. Proverbs 3:4Rank 9 from verse 8
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    4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  10. Titus 2:11Rank 10 from verse 8
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    11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

  11. Proverbs 12:2Rank 11 from verse 8
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    2A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  12. Romans 4:4Rank 12 from verse 8
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    4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

  13. 2 Peter 2:5Rank 13 from verse 8
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    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;

  14. Proverbs 8:35Rank 14 from verse 8
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    35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

  15. Jeremiah 31:2Rank 15 from verse 8
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    2Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

  16. 2 Timothy 1:18Rank 16 from verse 8
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    18The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

  17. Galatians 1:15Rank 17 from verse 8
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    15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,

  18. Romans 11:6Rank 18 from verse 8
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    6And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

  19. Titus 3:7Rank 19 from verse 8
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    7That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

From verse 9

  1. Hebrews 11:7Rank 1 from verse 9
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    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.

  2. Luke 1:6Rank 2 from verse 9
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    6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

  3. Galatians 3:11Rank 3 from verse 9
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    11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

  4. 2 Peter 2:5Rank 4 from verse 9
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    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;

  5. Genesis 5:24Rank 5 from verse 9
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    24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

  6. Genesis 7:1Rank 6 from verse 9
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    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.

  7. Ezekiel 14:14Rank 7 from verse 9
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    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.

  8. Genesis 17:1Rank 8 from verse 9
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    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.

  9. Genesis 5:22Rank 9 from verse 9
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    22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

  10. Job 1:1Rank 10 from verse 9
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    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.

  11. Genesis 2:4Rank 11 from verse 9
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    4¶ These 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,

  12. 1 Peter 2:5Rank 12 from verse 9
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    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.

  13. Ecclesiastes 7:20Rank 13 from verse 9
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    20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  14. Acts 10:22Rank 14 from verse 9
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    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.

  15. Ezekiel 14:20Rank 15 from verse 9
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    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.

  16. Habakkuk 2:4Rank 16 from verse 9
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    4Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

  17. Job 1:8Rank 17 from verse 9
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    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?

  18. 2 Chronicles 15:17Rank 18 from verse 9
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    17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

  19. Genesis 48:15Rank 19 from verse 9
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    15¶ And 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,

  20. Luke 2:25Rank 20 from verse 9
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    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.

  21. Philippians 3:9–15Rank 21 from verse 9
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    9And 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:

    10That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

    11If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

    12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

    13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

    14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

    15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

  22. Proverbs 4:18Rank 22 from verse 9
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    18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

  23. Psalms 37:37Rank 23 from verse 9
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    37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

  24. Romans 1:17Rank 24 from verse 9
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    17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

  25. 1 Kings 3:6Rank 25 from verse 9
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    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.

  26. Job 12:4Rank 26 from verse 9
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    4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

  27. Luke 23:50Rank 27 from verse 9
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    50¶ And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counseller; and he was a good man, and a just:

  28. 2 Chronicles 25:2Rank 28 from verse 9
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    2And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.

  29. Genesis 10:1Rank 29 from verse 9
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    1NOW these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

  30. Genesis 5:1Rank 30 from verse 9
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    1THIS is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

From verse 10

  1. Genesis 5:32Rank 1 from verse 10
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    32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

From verse 11

  1. Ezekiel 8:17Rank 1 from verse 11
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    17¶ Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

  2. Hosea 4:1–2Rank 2 from verse 11
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    1HEAR the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

    2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

  3. Habakkuk 2:8Rank 3 from verse 11
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    8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

  4. Romans 2:13Rank 4 from verse 11
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    13(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

  5. Romans 3:19Rank 5 from verse 11
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    19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

  6. Ezekiel 28:16Rank 6 from verse 11
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    16By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

  7. Isaiah 60:18Rank 7 from verse 11
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    18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

  8. Habakkuk 1:2Rank 8 from verse 11
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    2O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

  9. Jeremiah 6:7Rank 9 from verse 11
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    7As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

  10. Luke 1:6Rank 10 from verse 11
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    6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

  11. Psalms 11:5Rank 11 from verse 11
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    5The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

  12. Psalms 140:11Rank 12 from verse 11
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    11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  13. Psalms 55:9Rank 13 from verse 11
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    9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

  14. Genesis 10:9Rank 14 from verse 11
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    9He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

  15. Genesis 13:13Rank 15 from verse 11
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    13But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

  16. Habakkuk 2:17Rank 16 from verse 11
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    17For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

  17. 2 Chronicles 34:27Rank 17 from verse 11
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    27Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord.

  18. Genesis 7:1Rank 18 from verse 11
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    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.

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Genesis 6:7

COMBINED MEANING

destroy

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Sense 1: To ruin, demolish, consume, or lay waste. Sense 2: To kill or cut off. Sense 3: To cause a thing's structure, use, activity, or present condition to cease.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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created

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Past-tense or past-participial form of create. Sense 1: Caused to exist, made, or formed. Sense 2: Brought into a new state or character.

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face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

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COMBINED MEANING

earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

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COMBINED MEANING

fowls

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1. Winged creatures, especially birds. 2. In the law's phrase “fowls that creep,” winged creeping creatures.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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repenteth

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Third-person singular present form of repent: changes the mind and purpose concerning what has been done or intended, often coupled with grief or sorrow.

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COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 6:8

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

grace

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Sense 1: Favor, acceptance, goodwill, kindness, or mercy. Sense 2: A favor, gift, benefit, or help freely bestowed, especially God's favor and enabling help; in salvation, explicitly contrasted with works and debt. Sense 3: Pleasing quality, beauty, attractiveness, or elegance, including gracious speech. Sense 4: Thankfulness or gratitude.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

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DEFINED WORDS

Genesis 6:9

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generations

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Plural form of generation (offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime).

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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perfect

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Complete, whole, sound, mature, upright, fully fitted, finished, exact, or lacking nothing required for the person, work, knowledge, state, purpose, or standard in view; to perfect is to bring to that intended completion or maturity.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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Genesis 6:10

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begat

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1. Fathered or brought forth as offspring; in a genealogy, identified a male progenitor in the stated line. 2. Brought forth, formed, or gave life in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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Ham

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Sense 1: Ham, a son of Noah and an ancestor named in the genealogies. Sense 2: The land of Ham.

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Genesis 6:11

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

corrupt

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1. Morally spoiled, defiled, perverted, false, or turned from integrity. 2. Physically decayed, damaged, or unsound. 3. As a verb, to spoil, debase, pervert, or cause decay.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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filled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fill. Sense 1: To make full or occupy capacity. Sense 2: To satisfy. Sense 3: To occupy. Sense 4: To complete what is lacking.

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6:5¶ And 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.

6:6And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

6:7And 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.

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6:8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

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6:9¶ These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

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6:10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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6:11The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

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6:12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

6:13And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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