Genesis 7
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Then the Lord said to Noah, p "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that q you are righteous before me in this generation.
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Take with you seven pairs of all r clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate,
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and seven pairs of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
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For in seven days s I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, t and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground."
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u And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him.
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Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth.
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And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
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Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,
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two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah.
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And after seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
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In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the v fountains of the great deep burst forth, and w the windows of the heavens were opened.
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And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
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On the very same day Noah and his sons, Shem and Ham and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark,
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they and every beast, according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, according to its kind, and every bird, according to its kind, every winged creature.
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They x went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.
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And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in y as God had commanded him. And the Lord shut him in.
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The flood z continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
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The waters prevailed and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the face of the waters.
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And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
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The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.
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And a all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.
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Everything on the dry land b in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.
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He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only c Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
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And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.
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Cross References
Matthew 24:38 - 39
For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark.
Luke 17:26 - 27
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
1 Peter 3:20
Because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.
2 Peter 2:5
If he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly.
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Cross References
Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
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Cross References
Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Leviticus 11:1
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them.
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Cross References
Genesis 7:12
And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 7:17
The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
Job 37:11 - 13
He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning.
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Cross References
Genesis 6:17
For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.
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Cross References
Genesis 6:22
Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
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Cross References
Genesis 8:2
The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained.
Proverbs 8:28
When he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep.
Amos 9:6
Who builds his upper chambers in the heavens and founds his vault upon the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth - the Lord is his name.
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Cross References
Genesis 8:2
The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained.
2 Kings 7:19
The captain had answered the man of God, "If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?" And he had said, "You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.
Isaiah 24:18
He who flees at the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit, and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
Malachi 3:10
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
Psalms 78:23
Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven.
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Cross References
Genesis 6:20
Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive.
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Cross References
Genesis 7:2 - 3
Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate.
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Cross References
Genesis 7:4
For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.
Genesis 7:12
And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
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Cross References
Genesis 7:4
For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.
Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 6:17
For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.
2 Peter 3:6
And that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.
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Cross References
Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
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Cross References
2 Peter 2:5
If he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly.
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