just and perfect] Noah was just and perfect, not simply, but in his generation: that is, compared with those of his time: or, he was just and perfect; that is, sincere in his profession of Religion without hypocrisie; but not perfect; that is, free from all sin; so that it was of grace, not of right, that God accepted him, vers. 8. and he was justified not by workes, but by faith before God, Hebrews 11:7.