Passage

Genesis 6.8

Book: Genesis · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"6. And it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7. And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them."

"8. But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah."

"9. These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God. 10. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth." (Genesis 6:6-10, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"6. Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart. 7. Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground, man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky, for I am sorry that I have made them.”"

"8. But Noah found favor in Yahweh’s eyes."

"9. This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God. 10. Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth." (Genesis 6:6-10, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"6. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. ^{both: Heb. from man unto beast}"

"8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD."

"9. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. ^{perfect: or, upright} 10. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth." (Genesis 6:6-10, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"6. and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself, unto His heart. 7. And Jehovah saith, 'I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'"

"8. And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah."

"9. These [are] births of Noah: Noah [is] a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually. 10. And Noah begetteth three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth." (Genesis 6:6-10, YLT)

Setting

Speaker: Moses (traditional authorship) / narrator
Audience: Israelite congregation post-Exodus
Location: various ANE settings (Eden → Mesopotamia → Canaan → Egypt)
Time period: events c. creation-c. 1800 BC; composed c. 1446-1406 BC

Theological reading

Key words

H2580 - chen, chen (Strong's H2580). Also appears in: Genesis 18.1-15, Genesis 19, Exodus 3.
H3068 - YHWH, YHWH (Strong's H3068). Also appears in: Genesis 2.4, Genesis 2.7, Genesis 2.16-17.

Quoted in

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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