Noah "Perfect". (6:9).
This Is Appendix
26 From The Companion Bible.
The
Hebrew word tamim means without blemish, and is the
technical word for bodily and physical perfection, and not moral.
Hence it is used of animals of sacrificial purity. It is rendered without
blemish in Exodus 12:5;
29:1.
Leviticus 1:3,10;
3:1,6;
4:3,23,28,32;
5:15,18;
6:6;
9:2,3;
14:10;
22:19;
23:12,18.
Numbers 6:14;
28:19,31;
29:2,8,13,20,23,29,32,36.
Ezekiel 43:22,23,25;
45:18,23;
46:4,6,13.
Without spot. Numbers 19:2;
28:3,9,11;
29:17,26.
Unified. Psalms 119:1.
This shows that Genesis 6:9
does not speak of Noah's moral perfection, but tells us that he and his family
alone had preserved their pedigree and kept it pure, in spite of the prevailing
corruption brought about by the fallen angels. See Appendix
23 and Appendix 25