Genesis 7:1

The Great Flood

1 Then the ^aLord said to Noah, ^b“Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that ^cyou are righteous before Me in this generation.

2 You shall take with you seven each of every ^aclean animal, a male and his female; ^btwo each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female;

3 also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep¹ the species alive on the face of all the earth.

4 For after ^aseven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth ^bforty days and forty nights, and I will¹ destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.”

5 ^aAnd Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him.

6 Noah was ^asix hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth.

7 ^aSo 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.

Commentaries:

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What Does Genesis 7:1 Mean?

In Genesis 7:1, the LORD invites Noah and his household into the ark, recognizing Noah's righteousness in a corrupt generation. The term "household" clarifies that God's intent was to save Noah's family, not merely a structure, using "house" and "household" interchangeably. God's plan for escape was meticulously originated and engineered, requiring Noah and his sons to cooperatively prepare by building the ark. Surrounded by worldwide trouble, they were gathered into one place for safety during the devastation. Their preparation was both physical, in constructing the ark, and spiritual, through righteousness before God, demonstrating the integration of physical and spiritual efforts in fulfilling God's command.

Genesis 7:1-3

Since the law of clean and unclean was in force in Noah's time, and possibly in Abel's lifetime (Genesis 4:4), it was not made obsolete with the passing of the Old Covenant. This is a vital principle to remember regarding the Old and New Covenants: What did not originate with the Old Covenant did not die with it.

Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Clean and Unclean Meats

Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Genesis 7:1:

Genesis 6:9
Genesis 6:11-13
Ephesians 3:2

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