Genesis 7
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Genesis 7:1-9

1Then the LordH3068 saidH559 to NoahH5146, “EnterH935 the arkH8392, you and allH3605 your householdH1004, for you alone I have seenH7200 to be 1righteousH6662 beforeH6440 Me in thisH2088 2timeH1755. 2You shall takeH3947 3with you of everyH3605 4cleanH2889 animalH929 5by sevensH7651, a maleH376 and his femaleH802; and of the animalsH929 that are not cleanH2889 twoH8147, a maleH376 and his femaleH802; 3alsoH1571 of the birdsH5775 of the 6skyH8064, 7by sevensH7651, maleH2145 and femaleH5347, to keepH2421 8offspringH2233 aliveH2421 on the faceH6440 of allH3605 the earthH776. 4For after 9sevenH7651 moreH5750 daysH3117, I will sendH4305 rainH4305 on the earthH776 10fortyH705 daysH3117 and fortyH705 nightsH3915; and I will blotH4229 out from the faceH6440 of the landH127 11everyH3605 livingH3351 thingH3351 that I have madeH6213.” 512NoahH5146 didH6213 according to allH3605 that the LordH3068 had commandedH6680 him.

6Now NoahH5146 was 13sixH8337 hundredH3967 yearsH8141 oldH1121 when the floodH3999 of waterH4325 14cameH1961 upon the earthH776. 7Then 15NoahH5146 and his sonsH1121 and his wifeH802 and his sons’H1121 wivesH802 with him enteredH935 the arkH8392 becauseH4480H6440 of the waterH4325 of the floodH3999. 816Of cleanH2889 animalsH929 and animalsH929 that are not cleanH2889 and birdsH5775 and everythingH3605 that creepsH7430 on the groundH127, 9there wentH935 into the arkH8392 to NoahH5146 17by twosH8147, maleH2145 and femaleH5347, as GodH430 had commandedH6680 NoahH5146.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 7:1 Gen 6:9 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 7:1 Lit generation ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 7:2 Lit to ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 7:2 Lev 11:1-31; Deut 14:3-20 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 7:2 Lit seven seven ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 7:3 Lit heavens ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 7:3 Lit seven seven ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 7:3 Lit seed ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 7:4 Gen 7:10 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 7:4 Gen 7:12, 17 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 7:4 Gen 6:7, 13 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 7:5 Gen 6:22 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 7:6 Gen 5:32 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 7:6 Lit was ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 7:7 Gen 6:18; 7:13; Matt 24:38f; Luke 17:27 ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 7:8 Gen 6:19, 20; 7:2, 3 ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 7:9 Lit two two ↩

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