Genesis 6:13

“And 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.”
Genesis 6:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםsaidיֹּאמֶרto Noah,לְנֹחַ“The endקֵץof allכָּלfleshבָּשָׂרhas comeבָּאbefore me,לְפָנַיforכִּיthe earthהָאָרֶץis filledמָלְאָהwith violenceחָמָסbecause of them;מִפְּנֵיהֶםand look,וְהִנְIנִיam going to destroyמַשְׁחִיתָthemםwith the earth.אֶת הָאָרֶץ

Allusion · Hebrews 11:7

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Both texts speak of Noah, who built the ark when warned by God, to save his house.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

נֹחַnoajH5146ΝῶεNōeG3575“Noah”
תֵּבַתtevatH8392κιβωτὸνkibōtonG2787“ark”

Genesis 6:13, word by word

Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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to Noahנֹחַnoach

Noah

Noah, son of Lamech, the man who found favor with YHWH and was saved with his family in the ark from the flood. In Hebrew "Noach" sounds like "rest" and "comfort" (Genesis 5:29).

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“The endקֵץkets

end

What comes when something finishes: "some days later".

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fleshבָּשָׂרbasar

flesh

The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.

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has comeבָּאba

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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before meפָנַfana

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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the earthאָרֶץarets

people

The people who live on the earth.

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is filledמָלְאָהmala

fill

To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.

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with violenceחָמָסchamas

violence

Violence; unjust harm done to others.

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am going to destroyמַשְׁחִיתָmashchita

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

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Translation note

“Corrupt” (6:11-12) and “destroy” (6:13) are in Hebrew the same verb, shachat.

The context

12And Elohim saw the earth, and look, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth.

13 · This verse (above)

14Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; with compartments you shall make the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.

Read all of Genesis 6

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)?

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