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—
Berean Standard Bible
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12And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
14they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
Cross References
Genesis 5:32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:18But 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.
Genesis 7:7And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
Genesis 9:18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Judges 21:22When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:12-13
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. Here is, I. The date of this great event; this is carefully recorded, for the greater certainty of the story. 1. It was in the 600th year of Noah's life, which, by computation, appears to be 1656 years from the creation. The years of the old world are… Read the whole commentary →