| Geneva Study Bible These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. Wesley's Notes 6:9 Noah was a just man - Justified before God by faith in the promised seed; for he was an heir of the righteousness which is by faith, Heb 11:7. He was sanctified, and had right principles and dispositions implanted in him: and he was righteous in his conversation, one that made conscience of rendering to all their due, to God his due, and to men theirs. And he walked with God as Enoch had done before him: in his generation, even in that corrupt degenerate age. It is easy to be religious when religion is in fashion; but it is an evidence of strong faith to swim against the stream, and to appear for God, when no one else appears for him: so Noah did, and it is upon record to his immortal honour. King James Translators' Notes perfect: or, upright Scofield Reference Notes [2] walked Noah and Enoch are the two antediluvians of whom it is said that they "walked with God" Gen 5:24 6:9. Enoch, "translated that he should not see death" Heb 11:5 becomes a type of the saints who will be "caught up" before the great tribulation 1Th 4:14-17 Rev 3:10 Dan 12:1 Mt 24:21. Noah, preserved through the Flood, is a type of the Israelitish people who will be preserved through the tribulation Jer 30:5-9. See "Tribulation" Ps 2:5 Rev 7:14. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 9. Noah . just . and perfect-not absolutely; for since the fall of Adam no man has been free from sin except Jesus Christ. But as living by faith he was just (Ga 3:2; Heb 11:7) and perfect-that is, sincere in his desire to do God's will. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 6:8-11 Noah did not find favour in the eyes of men; they hated and persecuted him, because both by his life and preaching he condemned the world: but he found grace in the eyes of the Lord, and this made him more truly honourable than the men of renown. Let this be our chief desire, let us labour that we may be accepted of him. When the rest of the world was wicked, Noah kept his integrity. God's good-will towards Noah produced this good work in him. He was a just man, that is, justified before God, by faith in the promised Seed. As such he was made holy, and had right principles; and was righteous in his conversation. He was not only honest, but devout; it was his constant care to do the will of God. God looks down upon those with an eye of favour, who sincerely look up to him with an eye of faith. It is easy to be religious when religion is in fashion; but it shows strong faith and resolution, to swim against the stream, and to appear for God when no one else appears for him; Noah did so. All kinds of sin were found among men. They corrupted God's worship. Sin fills the earth with violence, and this fully justified God's resolution to destroy the world. The contagion spread. When wickedness is become general, ruin is not far off; while there is a remnant of praying people in a nation, to empty the measure as it fills, judgments may be long kept off; but when all hands are at work to pull down the fences, by sin, and none stand in the gap to make up the breach, what can be expected but a flood of wrath? | 
