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

Genesis 6:11

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 11-12)

The wickedness of that generation is here again spoken of, either as a foil to Noah’s piety—he was just and perfect, when all the earth was corrupt; or as a further justification of God’s resolution to destroy the world, which he was now about to communicate to his servant Noah. 1. All kinds of sin was found among them, for it is said (Gen. 6:11) that the earth was, (1.) Corrupt before God , that ...

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