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NASB | Genesis 6:9 ¶ These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 6:9 ¶ These are the records of the generations (family history) of Noah. Noah was a righteous man [one who was just and had right standing with God], blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked (lived) [in habitual fellowship] with God. |
Bible Question: thanks hank - please advise what noah was "blameless" for or from; if he was born with the sa,e sin as the rest, is it that he just choose how he would live with the sin, and is THAT what made him blameless? |
Bible Answer: What made Noah blameless? What made Noah blameless was the grace (unmerited favor) of God. 'For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.' Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV Genesis 6:8 The Amplified Bible But Noah found grace (favor) in the eyes of the Lord. The Holy Bible, New International Version® But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. 'and perfect in his generations; not that he was perfectly holy, or free from sin, but was a partaker of the true grace of God; was sincere and upright in heart and life; lived an unblemished life and conversation, untainted with the gross corruptions of that age he lived in, which he escaped through the knowledge, grace, and fear of God; and therefore it is added, that he was holy, upright, and blameless "in his generations": among the men of the several generations he lived in, as in the generation before the flood, which was very corrupt indeed, and which corruption was the cause of that; and in the generation after the flood: or "in his ages", in the several stages of his life, in youth and in old age; he was throughout the whole course of his life a holy good man.' (Gill, John. "Commentary on Genesis 6:9". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". www.studylight.org/) Grace to you, Kalos |