Genesis 7:1

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Noah	לְנֹ֔חַ le.No.ach	H5146	Noach · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
Come	בֹּֽא bo'-	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
house	בֵּיתְךָ֖ bei.te.Kha	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
ark	הַתֵּבָ֑ה ha.te.Vah	H8392	a box · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
seen	רָאִ֛יתִי ra.'I.ti	H7200	to see · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
righteous	צַדִּ֥יק tza.Dik	H6662	just · adjective, masculine singular absolute
me	לְפָנַ֖י le.fa.Nai	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
this	הַזֶּֽה ha.Zeh	H2088	the masculine demonstrative pronoun · definite article + demonstrative particle
generation	בַּדּ֥וֹר ba.Dor	H1755	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Matthew 24:37-39 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
2 Peter 2:5-9 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ung…
Genesis 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he c…
Genesis 7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with th…
Isaiah 3:10-11 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few,…
Ezekiel 9:4-6 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:1-4

Here is, I. A gracious invitation of Noah and his family into a place of safety, now that the flood of waters was coming, Gen 7:1. 1. The call itself is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children, to come in doors, when he sees night or a storm coming: Come thou, and all thy house, that small family that thou hast, into the ark. Observe, (1.) Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him; though he knew it was designed for his place of refuge, yet he waited for a renewed command, and had it. It is very comfortable to follow the calls of Providence, and to see God going before us in every step we take. (2.) God does not bid him go into the ark, but come into it, implying that Go…

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Adam Clarke on Genesis 7:1

Thee have I seen righteous - See the note on Gen 6:8

John Gill on Genesis 7:1

And the Lord said unto Noah,.... After Noah had built the ark, and got all things ready as were commanded him; and when it was but seven days ere the flood would begin: Come thou and all thy house into the ark; that is, he and his wife, his three sons and their wives: for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation: this was a great character of Noah; that he was a "righteous" person, not by his own righteousness, but by the righteousness of faith he was both heir and preacher of; and this he was "before" God, in his sight, seen, known, and acknowledged by him as righteous; and therefore must be really so: and this shows that he was not so by the works of the law, but by the ri…

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John Calvin on Genesis 7:1

And the Lord said unto Noah. I have no doubt that Noah was confirmed, as he certainly needed to be, by oracles frequently repeated. He had already sustained, during one hundred years, the greatest and most furious assaults; and the invincible combatant had achieved memorable victories; but the most severe contest of all was, to bid farewell to the world, to renounce society and to bury himself in the ark. The face of the earth was, at that time, lovely; and Moses intimates that it was the season in which the herbs shoot forth and the trees begin to flourish. Winter, which binds the joy of sky and earth in sharp and rugged frost, has now passed away; and the Lord has chosen the moment for des…

The Church Fathers

Noah did therefore all that God commanded him, and the Lord said to him: Enter you and all your household into the ark, etc. Noah did all that God commanded, that is, he built the ark, and, with chambers arranged, he brought provisions into it for all living creatures.
— Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)

However, a higher understanding leads us to think that the strength of the mind is in the soul, and the soul is in the body, just as the head of the household is in his own home. For what the mind is in the soul, that is the soul in the body. If the mind is safe, the house is safe, the soul is safe; if the soul is unharmed, the flesh is unharmed. For the sober mind controls all passions, governs the senses, and regulates speech. Therefore, the Lord rightly says: 'Enter within yourself,' that is, enter into your own mind, into the ruler of your soul; there is salvation, there is guidance; outside is the flood, outside is danger. But if you are virtuous within, you are also safe outside; for where the mind is its own master, there are good thoughts, good actions. For if no vice clouds the mind, there are sincere thoughts.
— Ambrose of Milan, On Noah and the Ark, 11.38

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Dictionary and topics

Deluge — The name given to Noah’s flood, the history of which is recorded in Gen. 7 and 8. It began in the year 2516 B.C., and continued twelve lunar months and ten days, or exactly one solar year. The cause…
Flood — An event recorded in Gen. 7 and 8. (See DELUGE.) In Josh. 24:2, 3, 14, 15, the word “flood” (R.V., “river”) means the river Euphrates. In Ps. 66:6, this word refers to the river Jordan.
Girgashites — (dwelling on a clayey soil), The, one of the nations who were in possession of Canaan east of the Sea of Galilee before the entrance thither of the children of Israel. (Genesis 10:16; 15:21; 7:1)
Judgments of God — (1.) The secret decisions of God’s will (Ps. 110:5; 36:6). (2.) The revelations of his will (Ex. 21:1; Deut. 6:20; Ps. 119:7-175). (3.) The infliction of punishment on the wicked (Ex. 6:6; 12:12;…
Antediluvians · General references — General references
Ark · .Animals saved in — .Animals saved in
Judgments · Preservation during - Exemplified: Noah — Preservation during - Exemplified: Noah

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Genesis 7:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:1-4

Adam Clarke on Genesis 7:1

John Gill on Genesis 7:1

John Calvin on Genesis 7:1

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 7:1

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:1-4

Adam Clarke on Genesis 7:1

John Gill on Genesis 7:1

John Calvin on Genesis 7:1

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 7:1-16

Rashi on Genesis 7:1