Genesis 7

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 7 of 50

1 And Jehovah said to Noah, You and all your house come into the ark, for I have seen you a righteous one before Me in this generation.

2 You shall take to yourself from every clean animal by sevens, male and female, and from the animal that is not clean by two, male and female.

3 And take of the fowl of the heavens by sevens, male and female, to keep alive seed on the face of the earth.

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Chapter Summary

1 Noah, with his family, and the living creatures enter into ark. 11 The beginning, increase, and continuance of flood.

Key Hebrew Words

תֵּבָה ark H8392 · TWOT 2492
מַבּוּל flood H3999 · TWOT 1142
טָהוֹר clean H2889 · TWOT 792d
גָּבַר prevailed H1396 · TWOT 310
מָחָה wipe out H4229 · TWOT 1179
צַדִּיק righteous H6662 · TWOT 1879c

People & Context

Jehovah (God)

Brings Noah into the ark as a righteous one, sends the flood, and shuts him in.

Noah

At 600 years he enters the ark with his household and is the only man left alive.

Shem

Son of Noah who enters the ark with his father on the day the flood began.

Ham

Son of Noah who enters the ark with his father on the day the flood began.

Japheth

Son of Noah who enters the ark with his father on the day the flood began.

Timeline

Noah and Family Enter the Ark

God commands Noah, his family (wife and three sons' wives), and animals (clean animals by sevens, unclean by twos, birds by sevens) to enter the ark.

Genesis 7:1-9
The Flood Begins

In Noah's 600th year, on the 17th day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens open. Rain falls for 40 days and 40 nights.

Genesis 7:10-12
All Life Perishes

Noah, his family, and the animals are secured in the ark by God. The waters prevail for 40 days, lifting the ark above the earth. The waters increase exceedingly, covering all high mountains by 15 cubits. All flesh on earth (fowl, cattle, beasts, creeping things, mankind) dies, with only Noah and those with him in the ark remaining. The waters prevail for 150 days.

Genesis 7:13-24

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