Genesis 7

Noah and the Flood

1 Then the a LORD said to Noah, b "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that c you are righteous before Me in this generation. 2 "You shall take with you seven each of every d clean animal, a male and his female; e two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; 3 "also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep 1 the species alive on the face of all the earth. 4 "For after f seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth g forty days and forty nights, and I will 2 destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made." 5 h And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him.

6 Noah was i six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth. 7 j So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean animals, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth, 9 two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on k that day all l the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the m windows of heaven were opened. 12 n And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On the very same day Noah and Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark - 14 o they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every p sort. 15 And they q went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life. 16 So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in r as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.

17 s Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, t and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. 21 u And all flesh died that moved on 3 the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. 22 All in v whose nostrils was the breath 4 of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died. 23 So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only w Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. 24 x And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 11:28
    Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 24:38
    For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark.
    Luke 17:26
    And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
    Hebrews 11:7
    By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
    1 Peter 3:20
    Who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
    2 Peter 2:5
    And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 6:9
    This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
    Psalms 33:18
    Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy.
    Proverbs 10:9
    He who walks with integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will become known.
    2 Peter 2:9
    Then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:1
    Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them.
    Deuteronomy 14:3 - 20
    You shall not eat any detestable thing.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:10
    That you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean.
    Ezekiel 44:23
    And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the unholy, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 7:10
    And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.
    Exodus 7:25
    And seven days passed after the LORD had struck the river.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 7:12
    And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
    Genesis 7:17
    Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 6:22
    Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 5:4
    After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.
    Genesis 5:32
    And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 6:18
    But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark - you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
    Genesis 7:1
    Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
    Genesis 7:13
    On the very same day Noah and Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark -
    Matthew 24:38
    For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark.
    Luke 17:27
    They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
  11. Cross References
    Matthew 24:39
    And did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
    Luke 17:27
    They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
    2 Peter 2:5
    And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly.
    2 Peter 3:6
    By which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 8:2
    The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
    Proverbs 8:28
    When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened the fountains of the deep.
    Isaiah 51:10
    Are You not the One who dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; That made the depths of the sea a road For the redeemed to cross over?
    Ezekiel 26:19
    For thus says the Lord GOD: 'When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 8:2
    The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
    Psalms 78:23
    Yet He had commanded the clouds above, And opened the doors of heaven.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 7:4
    "For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made."
    Genesis 7:17
    Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
    1 Samuel 12:18
    So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
  15. Cross References
    Genesis 6:19
    And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 1:21
    So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 6:19
    And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
    Genesis 6:20
    Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.
    Genesis 7:9
    Two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 7:2
    You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female.
    Genesis 7:3
    Also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.
  19. Cross References
    Genesis 7:4
    "For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made."
    Genesis 7:12
    And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
    Genesis 8:6
    So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 104:26
    There the ships sail about; There is that Leviathan Which You have made to play there.
  21. Cross References
    Genesis 6:7
    So the LORD said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.
    Genesis 6:13
    And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
    Genesis 6:17
    And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
    Genesis 7:4
    "For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made."
  22. Cross References
    Genesis 2:7
    And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
  23. Cross References
    Matthew 24:38
    For as in the days before the flood, they were ...
    Matthew 24:39
    And did not know until the flood came and took ...
    Luke 17:26
    And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will b...
    Luke 17:27
    They ate, they drank, they married wives, they ...
    Hebrews 11:7
    By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things ...
    1 Peter 3:20
    Who formerly were disobedient, when once the Di...
    2 Peter 2:5
    And did not spare the ancient world, but saved ...
  24. Cross References
    Genesis 8:3
    And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
    Genesis 8:4
    Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
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