Genesis 6:3

Genesis 6:3

The Wickedness and Judgment of Man

1 Now it came to pass, ^awhen men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they ^atook wives for themselves of all whom they chose.

3 And the Lord said, ^a“My Spirit shall not ^bstrive with man forever, ^cfor he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

4 There were¹ giants on the earth in those ^adays, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

5 Then¹ the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every ^aintent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil³ continually.

6 And ^athe Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and ^bHe was grieved in His ^cheart.

7 So the Lord said, “I will ^adestroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

8 But Noah ^afound grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Noah Pleases God

9 This is the genealogy of Noah. ^aNoah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah ^bwalked with God.

10 And Noah begot three sons: ^aShem, Ham, and Japheth.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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My spirit shall not always strive with man - The spirit then strove by Noah's preaching, I Peter 3:19, and by inward checks, but 'twas in vain with the most of men; therefore saith God, he shall not always strive, for that he also is flesh - Incurably corrupt and sensual, so that 'tis labour lost to strive with him. He also, that is, all, one as well as another; they are all sunk into the mire of flesh. Yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years - So long will I defer the judgment they deserve, and give them space to prevent it by their repentance and reformation. Justice said, cut them down; but mercy interceded, Lord, let them alone this year also; and so far mercy prevailed, that a reprieve was obtained for six score years.

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