God is sorry that He ever created man. In the Hebrew the word typically understood as Repent it is Shuwb. It means to turn away from or to revoke or reverse. This is not the word used in Genesis 6. Instead the word used is Nacham. Nacham means to be sorry, to greave. It means to draw breath forcibly, to pant. Do you remember as a kid sobbing so badly that you found it hard to catch your breath? That is Nacham.
God was so upset that it was as though He was unable to catch His breath.
Genesis 6 also tells us that “It grieved the Lord” This is the Hebrew word Atsab. It means to carve. The disobedience of the people that He had given so much was like a knife carving His heart.
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God is sorry that He ever created man. In the Hebrew the word typically understood as Repent it is Shuwb. It means to turn away from or to revoke or reverse. This is not the word used in Genesis 6. Instead the word used is Nacham. Nacham means to be sorry, to greave. It means to draw breath forcibly, to pant. Do you remember as a kid sobbing so badly that you found it hard to catch your breath? That is Nacham.
God was so upset that it was as though He was unable to catch His breath.
Genesis 6 also tells us that “It grieved the Lord” This is the Hebrew word Atsab. It means to carve. The disobedience of the people that He had given so much was like a knife carving His heart.
God is truly grieved by my sin.