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Genesis 7:1

Then Yahweh said to Noah, “I have seen that out of everyone who is now living, you alone always act righteously. So you and all your family go into the boat.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Take with you seven pairs of every kind of animal that I have said I will accept for sacrifices. Take seven males and seven females. Also take a male and a female from every kind of animal that I have said that I will not accept for sacrifices.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:18But I will make an agreement with you(sg): You and your wife, your sons and their wives will enter the boat.

Genesis 7:13On the day that it started to rain, Noah went into the boat with his wife, and his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth and their wives.

Psalms 33:18Do not forget that Yahweh watches over those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to faithfully love them.

Proverbs 10:6Righteous people will be blessed by God; the nice things that wicked people say [MTY] sometimes conceal the fact that they are planning to act violently.

Proverbs 11:4Your money will not help you on the day that God judges and punishes people; but if you live righteously, you will live a long time.

Proverbs 18:10Yahweh [MTY] is like a strong tower [MET]; righteous people can go to him and be safe like they can run to a tower to be safe.

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 →

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