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title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Genesis 6"
description: "CHAPTER 6   :-. WICKEDNESS OF THE
WORLD. 2. the sons of God saw the daughters
of men—By the former is meant the family of Seth, who were
professedly relig"
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CHAPTER 6

. WICKEDNESS OF THE
WORLD.

**2. the sons of God saw the daughters
of men**—By the former is meant the family of Seth, who were
professedly religious; by the latter, the descendants of apostate
Cain. Mixed marriages between parties of opposite principles and
practice were necessarily sources of extensive corruption. The women,
religious themselves, would as wives and mothers exert an influence
fatal to the existence of religion in their household, and
consequently the people of that later age sank to the lowest
depravity.

**3. flesh**—utterly, hopelessly
debased.
**And the Lord said, My spirit
shall not always strive**—Christ, as God, had by His Spirit
inspiring Enoch, Noah, and perhaps other prophets ([1 Peter 3:20](../../../kjv/1-peter/3/20);
[2 Peter 2:5](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/5); [Judges 1:14](../../../kjv/judges/1/14)),
preached repentance to the antediluvians; but they were incorrigible.
**yet his days shall be an
hundred and twenty years**—It is probable that the corruption of
the world, which had now reached its height, had been long and
*gradually* increasing, and this idea receives support from the
long respite granted.

**4. giants**—The term in *Hebrew*
implies not so much the idea of great stature as of reckless
ferocity, impious and daring characters, who spread devastation and
carnage far and wide.

**5, 6. God saw it . . . repented . .
. grieved**—God cannot change ([Malachi 3:6](../../../kjv/malachi/3/6);
[James 1:17](../../../kjv/james/1/17)); but, by language
*suited to our nature and experience,* He is described as about
to alter His visible procedure towards mankind—from being merciful
and long-suffering, He was about to show Himself a God of judgment;
and, as that impious race had filled up the measure of their
iniquities, He was about to introduce a terrible display of His
justice ([Ecclesiastes 8:11](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/8/11)).

**8. But Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord**—favor. What an awful state of things when only one
man or one family of piety and virtue was now existing among the
professed sons of God!

**9. Noah . . . just . . . and
perfect**—not absolutely; for since the fall of Adam no man has
been free from sin except Jesus Christ. But as living by faith he was
just ([Galatians 3:2](../../../kjv/galatians/3/2); [Hebrews 11:7](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/7))
and perfect—that is, sincere in his desire to do God's will.

**11. the earth was filled with
violence**—In the absence of any well-regulated government it is
easy to imagine what evils would arise. Men did what was right in
their own eyes, and, having no fear of God, destruction and misery
were in their ways.

**13. And God said unto Noah**—How
startling must have been the announcement of the threatened
destruction! There was no outward indication of it. The course of
nature and experience seemed against the probability of its
occurrence. The public opinion of mankind would ridicule it. The
whole world would be ranged against him. Yet, persuaded the
communication was from God, through faith (), he set about preparing the means for preserving himself
and family from the impending calamity.

**14. Make thee an ark**—ark, a
hollow chest ([Exodus 2:3](../../../kjv/exodus/2/3)).
**gopher wood**—probably
cypress, remarkable for its durability and abounding on the Armenian
mountains.
**rooms**—cabins or small
cells.
**pitch it within and
without**—mineral pitch, asphalt, naphtha, or some bituminous
substance, which, when smeared over and become hardened, would make
it perfectly watertight.

**15. And this is the
fashion**—According to the description, the ark was not a ship,
but an immense house in form and structure like the houses in the
East, designed not to sail, but only to float. Assuming the cubit to
be 21.888 inches, the ark would be five hundred forty-seven feet
long, ninety-one feet two inches wide, and forty-seven feet two
inches high.

**16. A window**—probably a
skylight, formed of some transparent substance unknown.
**in a cubit shalt thou finish
it above**—a direction to raise the roof in the middle, seemingly
to form a gentle slope for letting the water run off.

**17-22. And, behold, I, even I, do
bring a flood**—The repetition of the announcement was to
establish its certainty ([Genesis 41:32](../../../kjv/genesis/41/32)).
Whatever opinion may be entertained as to the operation of natural
laws and agencies in the deluge, it was brought on the world by God
as a punishment for the enormous wickedness of its inhabitants.

**18. But with thee will I establish
my covenant**—a special promise of deliverance, called a
covenant, to convince him of the confidence to be reposed in it. The
substance and terms of this covenant are related at .

**17-22. And, behold, I, even I, do
bring a flood**—The repetition of the announcement was to
establish its certainty ([Genesis 41:32](../../../kjv/genesis/41/32)).
Whatever opinion may be entertained as to the operation of natural
laws and agencies in the deluge, it was brought on the world by God
as a punishment for the enormous wickedness of its inhabitants.

**22. Thus did Noah**—He began
without delay to prepare the colossal fabric, and in every step of
his progress faithfully followed the divine directions he had
received.

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