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Genesis 6:18

Covenant and promisesProtection and safety

16 You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

17 And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

19 And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

20 Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

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BSB
But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
KJV
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
WEB
But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
ASV
But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons` wives with thee.
DARBY
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt go into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
BLB
And I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall go into the ark—you and your sons and your wife and the wives of your sons with you.
ÅB
Men jeg vil opprette min pakt med deg, og du skal gå inn i arken, du og dine sønner og din hustru og dine sønners hustruer med deg.
OTB
Men jeg vil opprette min pakt med deg, og du skal gå inn i arken—du, dine sønner, din kone, og dine sønners koner med deg.
B1930
Men jeg vil oprette min pakt med dig, og du skal gå inn i arken, du og dine sønner og din hustru og dine sønners hustruer med dig.

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Cross references

  • Hebrews 11:7

    By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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  • Genesis 7:7

    And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

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  • Genesis 7:13

    On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—

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  • Genesis 17:7

    I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

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  • Isaiah 26:20

    Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

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  • 2 Peter 2:5

    if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

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  • Genesis 7:1

    Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

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  • 1 Peter 3:20

    who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.

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