Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said to him: “Enter the ark, you and all your house. For I have seen you to be just in my sight, within this generation.
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Genesis 6:18And I shall establish my covenant with you, and you shall enter the ark, you and your sons, your wife and the wives of your sons with you.
Genesis 7:13On the very same day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark.
Psalms 33:18The just cried out, and the Lord heard them, and he freed them from all their tribulations.
Proverbs 10:6The blessing of the Lord is on the head of the just. But iniquity covers the mouth of the impious.
Proverbs 11:4Wealth will not profit in the day of vengeance. But justice shall liberate from death.
Proverbs 18:10The name of the Lord is a very strong tower. The just one rushes to it, and he shall be exalted.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:1
In this chapter we have the performance of what was foretold in the foregoing chapter, both concerning the destruction of the old world and the salvation of Noah; for we may be sure that no word of God shall fall to the ground. There we left Noah busy about his ark, and full of care to get it finished in time, while the rest of his neighbours were laughing at him for his pains. Now here we see what was the end thereof, the end of his care and of their carelessness. And this famous period of the old world gives us… Read the whole commentary →