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.
2 You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
3 and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
- KJV
- And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
- WEB
- The LORD said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
- ASV
- And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
- DARBY
- And Jehovah said to Noah, Go into the ark, thou and all thy house; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
- BLB
- And YHWH said to Noah, “Go, you and all your house, into the ark, because you I have seen righteous before My face in this generation.
- ÅB
- Så sa Herren til Noah: Gå inn i arken, du og hele ditt hus! For jeg har funnet at du er rettferdig for mitt åsyn i denne slekt.
- OTB
- Da sa Herren til Noah: “Gå inn i arken, du og hele ditt hus, for deg alene har jeg funnet rettferdig i denne generasjonen for meg.
- B1930
- Så sa Herren til Noah: Gå inn i arken, du og hele ditt hus! For jeg har funnet at du er rettferdig for mitt åsyn i denne slekt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 24:37–39
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Read in context2 Peter 2:5–9
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;
Read in contextGenesis 6:9
This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
Read in contextHebrews 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.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:10–11
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Read in contextGenesis 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—
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextEzekiel 9:4–6
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
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