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Genesis 6:9

Noah
IntegrityGod's presenceJusticeFaith

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.

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

These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

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BSB
This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
KJV
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
WEB
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.
ASV
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, [and] perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.
DARBY
This is the history of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect amongst his generations: Noah walked with God.
BLB
These [are] the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generations; Noah walked with God.
ÅB
Dette er historien om Noah og hans etterkommere: Noah var en rettferdig og ulastelig mann blant sine samtidige; Noah vandret med Gud.
OTB
Dette er historien om Noah og hans familie. Noah var en rettferdig mann, ulastelig blant sine samtidige, og han vandret med Gud.
B1930
Dette er historien om Noah og hans ætt: Noah var en rettferdig og ulastelig mann blandt sine samtidige; Noah vandret med Gud.

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  • Hebrews 11:7

    By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

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  • Luke 1:6

    And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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  • Galatians 3:11

    But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

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  • Genesis 5:24

    And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

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  • 2 Peter 2:5

    And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

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  • Genesis 7:1

    And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

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  • Job 1:1

    There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

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  • Genesis 17:1

    And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

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