Genesis 6:18

therefore will I establish my covenant with thee,—and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives, with thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17And, I, behold me! bringing in the flood—even waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh wherein is the spirit of life, from under the heavens,—everything that is in the earth, shall cease to breathe:

19Moreover of all the living creatures of all flesh—two of each, shalt thou bring into the ark to keep alive with thee,—male and female, shall they be.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:1And Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark,—for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.

Genesis 7:13On this selfsame day, entered Noah, and Shem and Ham and Japheth. Noah’s sons,—and Noah’s wife, and his sons’ three wives with them into the ark:

Genesis 17:4As for me, lo! my covenant is with thee,—So shalt thou become—father of a multitude of nations;

Genesis 17:21But my covenant, will I establish with Isaac,—whom Sarah shall bear, to thee, by this set time, in the next year.

Hebrews 11:7By faith, Noah, having received intimation concerning the things not yet seen, filled with reverence, prepared an ark to the saving of his house—through which he condemned the world, and, of the righteousness by way of faith, became heir.

2 Peter 2:5And, an ancient world, spared not, but, with seven others, preserved, Noah, a proclaimer, of righteousness, a flood, upon a world of ungodly persons, letting loose,—

Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:14-22

Prediction of the Deluge. ( b. c. 2448.) 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window… Read the whole commentary →

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