The Meaning of Genesis 6:9 Explained

Genesis 6:9

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

YLT: These are births of Noah: Noah is a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.

Darby: This is the history of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect amongst his generations: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Genesis 6:9 Mean?

Study Notes

walked
Noah and Enoch are the two antediluvians of whom it is said that they "walked with God" Genesis 5:24 ; Genesis 6:9 . Enoch, "translated that he should not see death" Hebrews 11:5 becomes a type of the saints who will be "caught up" before the great tribulation; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 ; Revelation 3:10 ; Daniel 12:1 ; Matthew 24:21 . Noah, preserved through the Flood, is a type of the Israelitish people who will be preserved through the tribulation Jeremiah 30:5-9 . See "Tribulation"; Psalms 2:5 ; Revelation 7:14 .

Context Summary

Genesis 6:9-22 - Noah Builds The Ark
Human sin had reached an awful climax. Sooner or later its results must have swept the human race from the earth, as smallpox will slay every native on some infected island. God only hastened by the Flood the inevitable result of wrong-doing. Amid the universal corruption and violence, one man stood out as precious in the sight of God. His name meant Rest; he was righteous toward man and "blameless" toward God; he walked in fellowship with God; His ear was quick to detect, and His hand deft to fulfill the divine will. "By faith Noah"¦." See Hebrews 11:7. Such is the character to which God reveals His secrets and with which He enters into covenant. If we live thus we shall cross the flood of death into the resurrection life, 2 Peter 2:5. Not only shall we be saved, but we shall save others. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 6

1  The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath
8  Noah finds grace
9  His family line
14  The order, form, dimensions, and building of the ark

What do the individual words in Genesis 6:9 mean?

These [are] the generations Noah Noah a man righteous blameless was in his generations With God walked Noah
אֵ֚לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת נֹ֔חַ נֹ֗חַ אִ֥ישׁ צַדִּ֛יק תָּמִ֥ים הָיָ֖ה בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו אֶת־ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־ נֹֽחַ

אֵ֚לֶּה  These  [are] 
Parse: Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת  the  generations 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: תֹּולֵדֹות  
Sense: descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies.
נֹ֔חַ  Noah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נׄחַ  
Sense: son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of the human race because his family were the only survivors of the flood.
נֹ֗חַ  Noah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נׄחַ  
Sense: son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of the human race because his family were the only survivors of the flood.
אִ֥ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱנׄושׁ 
Sense: man, mortal man, person, mankind.
צַדִּ֛יק  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
תָּמִ֥ים  blameless 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: תָּמִים  
Sense: complete, whole, entire, sound.
בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו  in  his  generations 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דֹּור 
Sense: period, generation, habitation, dwelling.
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
הִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־  walked 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
נֹֽחַ  Noah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נׄחַ  
Sense: son of Lamech, father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; builder of the ark which saved his family from the destruction of the world which God sent on the world by the flood; became the new seminal head of the human race because his family were the only survivors of the flood.