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AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםsawיַּרְאthe earth,אֶת הָאָרֶץand look,וְהִנֵּהit was corrupt,נִשְׁחָתָהforכִּיallכָּלfleshבָּשָׂרhad corruptedהִשְׁחִיתits wayאֶת דַּרְכּוֹonעַלthe earth.הָאָרֶץ
Genesis 6:12
Study it in the app“And Elohim saw the earth, and look, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 6:12, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
people
The people who live on the earth.
Where else “arets” appears- it was corruptנִשְׁחָתָהnishchata
corrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “nishchata” appears- fleshבָּשָׂרbasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appears- its wayדַּרְכּdark
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “dark” appears
The context
11And the earth was corrupt before Elohim, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 · This verse (above)
13And Elohim said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and look, I am going to destroy them with the earth.
To study Genesis 6 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH see on the earth, and what did Elohim tell Noah to do (vv. 5, 13-14)?
2. What it means
Why does the text say Noah found favor in the eyes of YHWH (vv. 8-9)?
3. How I live it
What good thing can you keep doing steadily even if those around you do not understand it, as Noah did (v. 22)?