Genesis — Chapter 7

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Genesis 7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, ^RCome thou and all thy house into the ark; for ^Rthee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Genesis 7:2 Of ^Revery clean beast thou shalt take to thee ^Tby sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

Genesis 7:3 Of fowls also of the air ^Tby sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

Genesis 7:4 ^RFor yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I ^RTdestroy from off the face of the earth.

Genesis 7:5 And Noah did according unto ^Rall that the LORD commanded him.

Genesis 7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

Genesis 7:7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

Genesis 7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

Genesis 7:9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

Genesis 7:10 And it came to pass ^Tafter seven days, that the ^Rwaters of the flood were upon the earth.

Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were ^Rall the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the ^RTwindows of heaven were opened.

Genesis 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth ^Rforty days and forty nights.

Genesis 7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, ^Rand Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

Genesis 7:14 ^RThey, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every ^Tsort.

Genesis 7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

Genesis 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and ^Rthe LORD shut him in.

Genesis 7:17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

Genesis 7:18 And the ^Rwaters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; ^Rand all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

Genesis 7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; ^Rand the mountains were covered.

Genesis 7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

Genesis 7:22 All in whose nostrils was ^Tthe ^Rbreath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

Genesis 7:23 And ^Revery living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: ^Rand Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Genesis 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

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Genesis 7:1–5 — Enter the Ark

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The LORD tells Noah to enter the ark with his household because Noah has been seen as righteous before Him in that generation. God gives instructions concerning clean and unclean animals and warns that after seven days rain will fall for forty days and forty nights. Noah again obeys all that the LORD commands.

Key Truth: Noah responds to God’s warning with obedience, following the LORD’s commands as the time of the flood approaches.

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Genesis 7:6–12 — The Flood Begins

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Noah is six hundred years old when the flood comes. Noah, his family, and the animals enter the ark as God commanded. After seven days, the fountains of the great deep are broken up, the windows of heaven are opened, and rain falls for forty days and forty nights.

Key Truth: The judgment God had announced comes at the appointed time, exactly as Noah had been warned.

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Genesis 7:13–16 — The LORD Shuts Noah In

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Noah, his wife, his sons and their wives enter the ark along with the creatures God commanded. The animals enter male and female, and the passage ends with the significant statement that the LORD shuts Noah in.

Key Truth: Noah and those with him enter according to God’s command, and the LORD Himself shuts him safely inside the ark.

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Genesis 7:17–24 — The Waters Prevail

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The flood waters increase until the ark is lifted above the earth and the high hills and mountains are covered. Life on the dry land perishes, while Noah and those with him in the ark remain alive. The chapter closes by stating that the waters prevail upon the earth for one hundred and fifty days.

Key Truth: Genesis 7 presents both the severity of the flood judgment and the preservation of Noah and those with him inside the ark.

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