Genesis 6

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Genesis 6 is the chapter before the flood. As people multiply, the "sons of God" take the daughters of men as wives, the Nephilim appear, and God limits human life to 120 years. Then comes the verdict: every inclination of the human heart is only evil all the time, and the LORD regrets making humanity and is grieved to his heart. He resolves to wipe out people and animals alike. But Noah finds favor. A righteous man who walks with God in a violent world, he is told to build an ark of gopher wood with three decks and a door, to bring in two of every creature and food for all, because a flood is coming and God will establish his covenant with him. Noah does everything exactly as commanded.

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Genesis 6 is where the story of the world takes its darkest turn, and it is told with astonishing restraint. It opens with a strange episode, the sons of God taking human wives and the Nephilim, the giants of old, and God setting a limit of 120 years on a race that has gotten out of hand. Then the narrator gives God's view of things, and it is a sentence people have argued about ever since: the wickedness of humanity was great, and every inclination of the thoughts of the heart was only evil, all the time. What follows is not rage. The LORD regretted that he had made man, and it grieved him to his heart. The decision to wipe it all out is spoken by a God who is sorry. And then the hinge on which the whole Bible turns: but Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. Noah is righteous and blameless in his generation, and he walks with God, in a world the narrator describes three times as corrupt and full of violence. God tells him what is coming and what to build: a great chest of gopher wood, sealed with pitch, three hundred cubits long, three decks, one door, room for two of every creature and food for all of them. He also says a word that has not appeared in the Bible until now: covenant. I will establish my covenant with you. The chapter ends with one line about Noah that is the whole of his greatness. He did everything exactly as God commanded.

핵심 본문

Genesis 6:1-4 Genesis 6:5-8 Genesis 6:9-13 Genesis 6:14-22 Hebrews 11:7 Matthew 24:37-39

Historical and literary context

The flood story has parallels in Mesopotamian literature, above all the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Atrahasis epic, where the gods send a flood and one man is warned to build a boat; Genesis shares the shape and differs in the reason, human corruption rather than divine annoyance, and in the one God who grieves. A cubit is about 45 centimeters, so the ark was some 135 meters long, larger than any ship built before the nineteenth century. Gopher wood is unidentified. The "sons of God" have been read since antiquity as angels, as the line of Seth, or as rulers, and the Nephilim recur as giants in Numbers 13. Jesus and Peter both refer to the days of Noah.

How the chapter unfolds

Verses 1 to 4 tell of the sons of God and the daughters of men, the 120 years, and the Nephilim. Verses 5 to 8 give God's assessment of the human heart, his grief, his decision to blot out life, and Noah's favor. Verses 9 to 12 introduce Noah's account: his righteousness, his sons, and the corrupt, violent earth. Verses 13 to 21 are God's instructions: the end of all flesh, the ark and its measurements, the flood, the covenant, the animals, and the food. Verse 22 records Noah's complete obedience.

Why this chapter matters

Verse 5 is the Bible's starkest statement of human sinfulness and a foundation text for the doctrine of the fall, and verse 6, "the LORD regretted that He had made man," is its boldest statement that God feels. Noah walking with God, finding favor, and obeying to the letter became the model of faith in Hebrews 11 and of righteousness in a wicked age; the ark became, in Christian reading, a picture of baptism and of the church. "The days of Noah" are Jesus' image of a world caught unprepared. The first mention of "covenant" in the Bible is in verse 18.

Interpretive tension to watch

The identity of the sons of God and the Nephilim is the oldest puzzle in the chapter, and the church has never settled it. God's "regret" raises the question of whether an all-knowing God can change his mind, and readers answer with the language of accommodation, of genuine relationship, or of both. The destruction of every animal along with humanity troubles modern readers, and the flood's extent, global or regional, is debated among believers. Noah's "favor" in verse 8 comes before his righteousness in verse 9, which readers take as grace preceding goodness.

이 장을 위한 질문

God is "grieved in His heart" over human evil. What does it mean that the judge of the world is also its mourner?
Noah found favor before the text calls him righteous. Which comes first in your own story, being accepted or being good?
"Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him," for a flood no one could see. What does obedience look like when the reason is still invisible?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

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1 当人在世上多起来、又生女儿的时候， 2 神的儿子们看见人的女子美貌，就随意挑选，娶来为妻。 3 耶和华说：「人既属乎血气，我的灵就不永远住在他里面；然而他的日子还可到一百二十年。」 4 那时候有伟人在地上，后来　神的儿子们和人的女子们交合生子；那就是上古英武有名的人。 5 耶和华见人在地上罪恶很大，终日所思想的尽都是恶， 6 耶和华就后悔造人在地上，心中忧伤。 7 耶和华说：「我要将所造的人和走兽，并昆虫，以及空中的飞鸟，都从地上除灭，因为我造他们后悔了。」 8 惟有挪亚在耶和华眼前蒙恩。 9 挪亚的后代记在下面。挪亚是个义人，在当时的世代是个完全人。挪亚与　神同行。 10 挪亚生了三个儿子，就是闪、含、雅弗。 11 世界在　神面前败坏，地上满了强暴。 12 神观看世界，见是败坏了；凡有血气的人在地上都败坏了行为。 13 神就对挪亚说：「凡有血气的人，他的尽头已经来到我面前；因为地上满了他们的强暴，我要把他们和地一并毁灭。 14 你要用歌斐木造一只方舟，分一间一间地造，里外抹上松香。 15 方舟的造法乃是这样：要长三百肘，宽五十肘，高三十肘。 16 方舟上边要留透光处，高一肘。方舟的门要开在旁边。方舟要分上、中、下三层。 17 看哪，我要使洪水泛滥在地上，毁灭天下；凡地上有血肉、有气息的活物，无一不死。 18 我却要与你立约；你同你的妻，与儿子儿妇，都要进入方舟。 19 凡有血肉的活物，每样两个，一公一母，你要带进方舟，好在你那里保全生命。 20 飞鸟各从其类，牲畜各从其类，地上的昆虫各从其类，每样两个，要到你那里，好保全生命。 21 你要拿各样食物积蓄起来，好作你和它们的食物。」 22 挪亚就这样行。凡　神所吩咐的，他都照样行了。

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