Passage Research
Genesis 6 — Sermon Preparation
As human wickedness fills the earth, God resolves to send a flood and instructs Noah to build an ark. Below is a research summary for Genesis 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 11
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 6 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תֵּבָה | têbâh | H8392 | 7 | box |
| נֹחַ | Nôach | H5146 | 7 | Noach |
| אָדָם | ʼâdâm | H120 | 8 | ruddy, human being |
| שָׁחַת | shâchath | H7843 | 5 | decay, ruin |
| בָּשָׂר | bâsâr | H1320 | 5 | flesh, freshness |
| אַמָּה | ʼammâh | H520 | 4 | a mother, a cubit |
| מִין | mîyn | H4327 | 3 | sort, species |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Noah's faith triumphed over all corrupt reasonings. To rear so large a building, such a one as he never saw, and to provide food for the living creatures, would require from him a great deal of care, and labour, and expense. His neighbours would laugh at him. But all such objections, Noah, by faith, got over; his obedience was ready and resolute. Having begun to build, he did not leave off till he had finished: so did he, and so must we do. He feared the deluge, and therefore prepared the ark. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Genesis 6:22–35 (Public Domain)
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