Genesis 6:8 (WEB)
But Noah found favor in the LORD’s eyes.
Fathers and councils · 2
Tertullian
“…he, of course, had heard and remembered, from domestic renown and hereditary tradition, concerning his own great-grandfather’s “grace in the sight of God,” and concerning all his preachings; since Enoch had given no other charge to Methuselah than that he should hand on the knowledge of them to his posterity.” — editor's note: Comp. Gen. vi. 8.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And Noah’s glory was that he was pleasing to God; he who was entrusted with the saving of the whole world from the waters, or rather of the Seeds of the world, escaped the Deluge in a small Ark.” — editor's note: Gen. vi. 8.
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Cross-references · 8
Parallel passages
Genesis 6:8 and 2 Samuel 15:25 share the same wording (5 words).
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