"I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation."GENESIS 7:1+Unyielding FaithNoah is an illustrious and grand example of faith. He withstood the opinions of the world with heroic stea...  Read More

The LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation."GENESIS 7:1+The Object of God's CareNow that the extraordinary...  Read More

Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.GENESIS 6:22+Faithful ObedienceThis is the first passage in which obedience toward God is praised in these words. Later on, however, it is repeated mor...  Read More

"Take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up."GENESIS 6:21+God's ProvidenceIn this passage we observe the providence of God, according to whose counsel the ungodly are punished but...  Read More

[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