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Genesis 7:5
5And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.
Genesis 7:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.
Context of Genesis 7:5
3and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth. 4Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.” And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him. 6Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth. 7And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
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וַיַּ֖עַשׂ נֹ֑חַ כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖הוּ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 7:5
- Genesis 6:22Noah did everything just as God commanded him.
- Exodus 39:32So all the work on the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.
- Exodus 40:16Moses did everything just as the Lord commanded him.
- Psalms 119:6Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands.
- Matthew 3:15Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.
- Luke 8:21He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”
- John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
- John 8:28So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.
- John 13:17Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- Philippians 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!
- Hebrews 5:8Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered
Commentaries on Genesis 7:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 - The Ark Was Entered 2. טהור ṭâhôr “clean, fit for food or sacrifice.” 4. יקוּם yeqûm “standing thing; what grows up, whether animal or plant.” Compare קמה qāmâh “stalk, or standing corn.” Genesis 7:1-4 Here is found the command to enter the ark. The general direction in the preceding chapter was given many years ago, before the ark was commenced. Now, when it is completed, a more specific command is issued. “For thee have I seen…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-241. And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark--The ark was finished; and Noah now, in the spirit of implicit faith, which had influenced his whole conduct, waited for directions from God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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