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

חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים fifty H2572 · TWOT 686c
חֲמֵ֨שׁ five H2568 · TWOT 686a
בָּשָׂר֙ flesh H1320 · TWOT 291a
כָּנָֽף wing H3671 · TWOT 1003a
צִוָּ֖ lay charge H6680 · TWOT 1887

People & Context

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.

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 …

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 …

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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