Genesis 6:9

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Genesis 6:9, word by word

the generationsתּוֹלְדֹתtoldot

generations

What comes from someone: his descendants and their history. "These are the generations of..." is the phrase with which Genesis opens each of its sections.

Where else “toldot” appears

of 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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wasהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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a righteousצַדִּיקtsadik

righteous

Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.

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manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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blamelessתָּמִיםtamim

blameless

Without reproach, whole, like Noah.

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among his contemporariesדֹרֹתָיdorotay

generation

The people of the same time.

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with Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

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

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walkedהִתְהַלֶּךְhithalech

walk

Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.

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The context

To study Genesis 6 in a group

1. 1. What it says

   What did YHWH see on the earth, and what did Elohim tell Noah to do (vv. 5, 13-14)?

2. 2. What it means

   Why does the text say Noah found favor in the eyes of YHWH (vv. 8-9)?

3. 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)?