Genesis 6:8 (BSB)

Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

From Genesis 6. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Genesis 6:8

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Genesis 6:8: 8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. This is a Hebrew phrase, which signifies that God was propitious to him, and favored him. For so the Hebrews are accustomed to speak: — ‘If I have found grace in thy sight,’ instead of, ‘If I am acceptable to thee,’ or, ‘If thou wilt grant me thy benevolence or favor.’ Which phrase requires...
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 6:8-10: We have here Noah distinguished from the rest of the world, and a peculiar mark of honour put upon him. 1. When God was displeased with the rest of the world, he favoured Noah: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord, Gen 6:8.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 6:8: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. This man and his family were the only exception to the general apostasy; God always reserves some, in the worst of times, for himself; there is a remnant, according to the election of grace; it was but a small one, and that now appeared; and this was owing to the grace of God, and his...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Genesis 6:8: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord--favor. What an awful state of things when only one man or one family of piety and virtue was now existing among the professed sons of God!