[God said to Noah,] "I will establish My covenant with you."GENESIS 6:18+The Importance of God's CovenantThis consolation Moses had already indicated above, when he said that Noah had found favor. The...  Read More

Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation.GENESIS 6:9+Righteous and BlamelessNoah is declared "righteous" in relation to the First Table [Exodus 20:3-8] and "perfect" ["blameless"] in rela...  Read More

Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.GENESIS 6:8+The Lord's FavorThese are words that restored Noah's courage and life. Such great wrath of the divine Majesty would have slain him if God had not a...  Read More

Noah walked with God. And Noah had three sons.GENESIS 6:9-10+Faith in the Midst of WickednessAfter the verdict has been rendered about the destruction of the world, [Noah] obeys God, who calls upon hi...  Read More

The LORD was sorry . . . and it grieved Him to His heart.GENESIS 6:6+Images of GodThat Scripture thus assigns to God the form, voice, actions, emotions, etc., of a human being not only serves to show ...  Read More

The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him to His heart.GENESIS 6:6+The Lord GrievesThis grief is particularly the grief of the Holy Spirit, as St. Paul states in Ephesia...  Read More

The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.GENESIS 6:5+The Intentions of the WorldWe draw the unive...  Read More

When man began to multiply on the face of the land . . . the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth.GENESIS 6:1, 5+The Lord SeesIn this conglomeration of people who were becoming p...  Read More

Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.GENESIS 5:24+Walking with GodThis is the special jewel which Moses wants to be particularly prominent in this chapter: that Almighty God takes t...  Read More

This is the book of the generations of Adam. . .. Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.GENESIS 5:1, 24+The Light of ImmortalityIn this series [of names] there shines forth like a st...  Read More

To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the LORD.GENESIS 4:26+Call upon the Name of the LordHere a most excellent definition is gi...  Read More

The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground."GENESIS 4:10+The Voice of Our BloodWe must not assume that God is disregarding our blood. We must...  Read More