Genesis 7:1 - Forerunner Commentary

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.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 7:1

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American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Amplified® Bible
AND THE Lord said to Noah, Come with all your household into the ark, for I have seen you to be righteous (upright and in right standing) before Me in this generation.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD told Noah: Take your whole family with you into the boat, because you are the only one on this earth who pleases me.

Darby English Version
And Jehovah said to Noah, Go into the ark, thou and all thy house; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Good News Bible
The LORD said to Noah, "Go into the boat with your whole family; I have found that you are the only one in all the world who does what is right.

King James Version
And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you {alone} I have seen {to be} righteous before Me in this time.

New International Version
The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

New King James Version
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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to live righteously before Me in this time.

Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith to Noah, `Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation;

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