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Verse	Translation	Text
Ge 7:1	Strong Concordance	And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Noah [05146], Come [0935] thou and all thy house [01004] into the ark [08392]; for thee have I seen [07200] righteous [06662] before me [06440] in this [02088] generation [01755].
	King James	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.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
ENTRANCE INTO THE ARK. (Gen. 7:1-24) And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark--The ark was finished; and Noah now, in the spirit of implicit faith, which had influenced his whole conduct, waited for directions from God.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

ENTRANCE INTO THE ARK. (Gen. 7:1-24)

And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark--The ark was finished; and Noah now, in the spirit of implicit faith, which had influenced his whole conduct, waited for directions from God.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
- The Ark Was Entered 2. טהור ṭâhôr "clean, fit for food or sacrifice." 4. יקוּם yeqûm "standing thing; what grows up, whether animal or plant." Compare קמה qāmâh "stalk, or standing corn." Gen 7:1-4 Here is found the command to enter the ark. The general direction in the preceding chapter was given many years ago, before the ark was commenced. Now, when it is completed, a more specific command is issued. "For thee have I seen righteous before me." Noah has accepted the mercy of God, is therefore set right in point of law, and walks aright in point of practice. The Lord recognizes this indication of an adopted and renewed son. "In this age" he and his were the solitary family so characterized. Gen 7:2-3 Of all clean cattle. - Here the distinction of clean and unclean animals meets us without any previous notice. How it became known to Noah we are not informed. From the former direction it appears that the animals were to enter by pairs. Now it is further arranged that there are to be seven pairs of the clean cattle and fowl, and only one pair of the unclean. Gen 7:4 Seven days after the issue of the command the rain is to commence, and continue for forty days and nights without ceasing. "Every standing thing" means every plant and animal on the land. Gen 7:5-9 The execution of the command is recorded and fully particularized with the additional circumstance of the age of Noah. "The son of six hundred years," in his six hundredth year. "Went they unto Noah." They seem to have come under the influence of a special instinct, so that Noah did not require to gather them. Seven days were employed in receiving them, and storing provisions for them.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Gen 7:1-12 When the ark was built, and the period of grace (Gen 6:3) had passed, Noah received instructions from Jehovah to enter the ark with his family, and with the animals, viz., seven of every kind of clean animals, and two of the unclean; and was informed that within seven days God would cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights. The date of the flood is then given (Gen 7:6): "Noah was six hundred years old, and the flood was (namely) water upon the earth;" and the execution of the divine command is recorded in Gen 7:7-9. There follows next the account of the bursting forth of the flood, the date being given with still greater minuteness; and the entrance of the men and animals into the ark is again described as being fully accomplished (Gen 7:10-16). - The fact that in the command to enter the ark a distinction is now made between clean and unclean animals, seven of the former being ordered to be taken, - i.e., three pair and a single one, probably a male for sacrifice-is no more a proof of different authorship, or of the fusion of two accounts, than the interchange of the names Jehovah and Elohim. For the distinction between clean and unclean animals did not originate with Moses, but was confirmed by him as a long established custom, in harmony with the law. It reached back to the very earliest times, and arose from a certain innate feeling of the human mind, when undisturbed by unnatural and ungodly influences, which detects types of sin and corruption in many animals, and instinctively recoils from them (see my biblische Archeologie ii. p. 20). That the variations in the names of God furnish no criterion by which to detect different documents, is evident enough from the fact, that in Gen 7:1 it is Jehovah who commands Noah to enter the ark, and in Gen 7:4 Noah does as Elohim had commanded, whilst in Gen 7:16, in two successive clauses, Elohim alternates with Jehovah-the animals entering the ark at the command of Elohim, and Jehovah shutting Noah in. With regard to the entrance of the animals into the ark, it is worthy of notice, that in Gen 7:9 and Gen 7:15 it is stated that "they came two and two," and in Gen 7:16 that "the coming ones came male and female of all flesh." In this expression "they came" it is clearly intimated, that the animals collected about Noah and were taken into the ark, without his having to exert himself to collect them, and that they did so in consequence of an instinct produced by God, like that which frequently leads animals to scent and try to flee from dangers, of which man has no presentiment. The time when the flood commenced is said to have been the 600th year of Noah's life, on the 17th day of the second month (Gen 7:11). The months must be reckoned, not according to the Mosaic ecclesiastical year, which commenced in the spring, but according to the natural of civil year, which commenced in the autumn at the beginning of sowing time, or the autumnal equinox; so that the flood would be pouring upon the earth in October and November. "The same day were all the fountains of the great deep (תּהום the unfathomable ocean) broken up, and the sluices (windows, lattices) of heaven opened, and there was (happened, came) pouring rain (גּשׁם in distinction from טטר) upon the earth 40 days and 40 nights." Thus the flood was produced by the bursting forth of fountains hidden within the earth, which drove seas and rivers above their banks, and by rain which continued incessantly for 40 days and 40 nights. Gen 7:13-16 "In the self-same day had Noah...entered into the ark:" בּא, pluperfect "had come," not came, which would require יבא. The idea is not that Noah, with his family and all the animals, entered the ark on the very day on which the rain began, but that on that day he had entered, had completed the entering, which occupied the seven days between the giving of the command (Gen 7:4) and the commencement of the flood (Gen 7:10).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Gen 7:1-12

When the ark was built, and the period of grace (Gen 6:3) had passed, Noah received instructions from Jehovah to enter the ark with his family, and with the animals, viz., seven of every kind of clean animals, and two of the unclean; and was informed that within seven days God would cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights. The date of the flood is then given (Gen 7:6): "Noah was six hundred years old, and the flood was (namely) water upon the earth;" and the execution of the divine command is recorded in Gen 7:7-9. There follows next the account of the bursting forth of the flood, the date being given with still greater minuteness; and the entrance of the men and animals into the ark is again described as being fully accomplished (Gen 7:10-16). - The fact that in the command to enter the ark a distinction is now made between clean and unclean animals, seven of the former being ordered to be taken, - i.e., three pair and a single one, probably a male for sacrifice-is no more a proof of different authorship, or of the fusion of two accounts, than the interchange of the names Jehovah and Elohim. For the distinction between clean and unclean animals did not originate with Moses, but was confirmed by him as a long established custom, in harmony with the law. It reached back to the very earliest times, and arose from a certain innate feeling of the human mind, when undisturbed by unnatural and ungodly influences, which detects types of sin and corruption in many animals, and instinctively recoils from them (see my biblische Archeologie ii. p. 20). That the variations in the names of God furnish no criterion by which to detect different documents, is evident enough from the fact, that in Gen 7:1 it is Jehovah who commands Noah to enter the ark, and in Gen 7:4 Noah does as Elohim had commanded, whilst in Gen 7:16, in two successive clauses, Elohim alternates with Jehovah-the animals entering the ark at the command of Elohim, and Jehovah shutting Noah in. With regard to the entrance of the animals into the ark, it is worthy of notice, that in Gen 7:9 and Gen 7:15 it is stated that "they came two and two," and in Gen 7:16 that "the coming ones came male and female of all flesh." In this expression "they came" it is clearly intimated, that the animals collected about Noah and were taken into the ark, without his having to exert himself to collect them, and that they did so in consequence of an instinct produced by God, like that which frequently leads animals to scent and try to flee from dangers, of which man has no presentiment. The time when the flood commenced is said to have been the 600th year of Noah's life, on the 17th day of the second month (Gen 7:11). The months must be reckoned, not according to the Mosaic ecclesiastical year, which commenced in the spring, but according to the natural of civil year, which commenced in the autumn at the beginning of sowing time, or the autumnal equinox; so that the flood would be pouring upon the earth in October and November. "The same day were all the fountains of the great deep (תּהום the unfathomable ocean) broken up, and the sluices (windows, lattices) of heaven opened, and there was (happened, came) pouring rain (גּשׁם in distinction from טטר) upon the earth 40 days and 40 nights." Thus the flood was produced by the bursting forth of fountains hidden within the earth, which drove seas and rivers above their banks, and by rain which continued incessantly for 40 days and 40 nights.

Gen 7:13-16

"In the self-same day had Noah...entered into the ark:" בּא, pluperfect "had come," not came, which would require יבא. The idea is not that Noah, with his family and all the animals, entered the ark on the very day on which the rain began, but that on that day he had entered, had completed the entering, which occupied the seven days between the giving of the command (Gen 7:4) and the commencement of the flood (Gen 7:10).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Here is a gracious invitation of Noah and his family into a place of safety, now the flood of waters was coming. For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation - Those are righteous indeed that are righteous before God; that have not only the form of godliness by which they appear righteous before men, who may easily be imposed upon; but the power of it, by which they approve themselves to God, who searcheth the heart.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Thee have I seen righteous - See the note on Gen 6:8

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⁵ And Noah [05146] did [06213] according unto all that the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] him.
⁶ And Noah [05146] was six [08337] hundred [03967] years [08141] old [01121] when the flood [03999] of waters [04325] was upon the earth [0776].
⁷ And Noah [05146] went in [0935], and his sons [01121], and his wife [0802], and his sons [01121]' wives [0802] with him, into the ark [08392], because of [06440] the waters [04325] of the flood [03999].
⁸ Of clean [02889] beasts [0929], and of beasts [0929] that are not clean [02889], and of fowls [05775], and of every thing that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0127],
⁹ There went in [0935] two [08147] and two [08147] unto Noah [05146] into the ark [08392], the male [02145] and the female [05347], as [0834] God [0430] had commanded [06680] Noah [05146].

⁴ For yet [05750] seven [07651] days [03117], and I will cause it to rain [04305] upon the earth [0776] forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915]; and every [03605] living substance [03351] that I have made [06213] will I destroy [04229] from off [05921] the face [06440] of the earth [0127].

² Of every clean [02889] beast [0929] thou shalt take [03947] to thee by sevens [07651] [07651], the male [0376] and his female [0802]: and of beasts [0929] that are not clean [02889] [01931] by two [08147], the male [0376] and his female [0802].
³ Of fowls [05775] also of the air [08064] by sevens [07651] [07651], the male [02145] and the female [05347]; to keep [02421] seed [02233] alive [02421] upon the face [06440] of all the earth [0776].

¹⁰ And it came to pass after seven [07651] days [03117], that the waters [04325] of the flood [03999] were upon the earth [0776].

¹³ In the selfsame [06106] day [03117] entered [0935] Noah [05146], and Shem [08035], and Ham [02526], and Japheth [03315], the sons [01121] of Noah [05146], and Noah's [05146] wife [0802], and the three [07969] wives [0802] of his sons [01121] with them, into the ark [08392];
¹⁴ They [01992], and every beast [02416] after his kind [04327], and all the cattle [0929] after their kind [04327], and every creeping thing [07431] that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0776] after his kind [04327], and every fowl [05775] after his kind [04327], every bird [06833] of every sort [03671].
¹⁵ And they went in [0935] unto Noah [05146] into the ark [08392], two [08147] and two [08147] of all flesh [01320], wherein [0834] is the breath [07307] of life [02416].
¹⁶ And they that went in [0935], went in [0935] male [02145] and female [05347] of all flesh [01320], as God [0430] had commanded [06680] him: and the LORD [03068] shut him in [05462].

¹¹ In [08141] the six [08337] hundredth [03967] year [08141] of Noah's [05146] life [02416], in the second [08145] month [02320], the seventeenth [07651] [06240] day [03117] of the month [02320], the same [02088] day [03117] were all the fountains [04599] of the great [07227] deep [08415] broken up [01234], and the windows [0699] of heaven [08064] were opened [06605].

¹⁶ And they that went in [0935], went in [0935] male [02145] and female [05347] of all flesh [01320], as God [0430] had commanded [06680] him: and the LORD [03068] shut him in [05462].

¹⁵ And they went in [0935] unto Noah [05146] into the ark [08392], two [08147] and two [08147] of all flesh [01320], wherein [0834] is the breath [07307] of life [02416].

⁹ There went in [0935] two [08147] and two [08147] unto Noah [05146] into the ark [08392], the male [02145] and the female [05347], as [0834] God [0430] had commanded [06680] Noah [05146].

¹⁶ And they that went in [0935], went in [0935] male [02145] and female [05347] of all flesh [01320], as God [0430] had commanded [06680] him: and the LORD [03068] shut him in [05462].

¹⁰ And it came to pass after seven [07651] days [03117], that the waters [04325] of the flood [03999] were upon the earth [0776].
¹¹ In [08141] the six [08337] hundredth [03967] year [08141] of Noah's [05146] life [02416], in the second [08145] month [02320], the seventeenth [07651] [06240] day [03117] of the month [02320], the same [02088] day [03117] were all the fountains [04599] of the great [07227] deep [08415] broken up [01234], and the windows [0699] of heaven [08064] were opened [06605].
¹² And the rain [01653] was upon the earth [0776] forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915].
¹³ In the selfsame [06106] day [03117] entered [0935] Noah [05146], and Shem [08035], and Ham [02526], and Japheth [03315], the sons [01121] of Noah [05146], and Noah's [05146] wife [0802], and the three [07969] wives [0802] of his sons [01121] with them, into the ark [08392];
¹⁴ They [01992], and every beast [02416] after his kind [04327], and all the cattle [0929] after their kind [04327], and every creeping thing [07431] that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0776] after his kind [04327], and every fowl [05775] after his kind [04327], every bird [06833] of every sort [03671].
¹⁵ And they went in [0935] unto Noah [05146] into the ark [08392], two [08147] and two [08147] of all flesh [01320], wherein [0834] is the breath [07307] of life [02416].
¹⁶ And they that went in [0935], went in [0935] male [02145] and female [05347] of all flesh [01320], as God [0430] had commanded [06680] him: and the LORD [03068] shut him in [05462].

⁷ And Noah [05146] went in [0935], and his sons [01121], and his wife [0802], and his sons [01121]' wives [0802] with him, into the ark [08392], because of [06440] the waters [04325] of the flood [03999].
⁸ Of clean [02889] beasts [0929], and of beasts [0929] that are not clean [02889], and of fowls [05775], and of every thing that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0127],
⁹ There went in [0935] two [08147] and two [08147] unto Noah [05146] into the ark [08392], the male [02145] and the female [05347], as [0834] God [0430] had commanded [06680] Noah [05146].

⁶ And Noah [05146] was six [08337] hundred [03967] years [08141] old [01121] when the flood [03999] of waters [04325] was upon the earth [0776].

³ And the LORD [03068] said [0559], My spirit [07307] shall not always [05769] strive [01777] with man [0120], for that he also [01571] [07683] is flesh [01320]: yet his days [03117] shall be an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] years [08141].

¹ And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Noah [05146], Come [0935] thou and all thy house [01004] into the ark [08392]; for thee have I seen [07200] righteous [06662] before me [06440] in this [02088] generation [01755].
² Of every clean [02889] beast [0929] thou shalt take [03947] to thee by sevens [07651] [07651], the male [0376] and his female [0802]: and of beasts [0929] that are not clean [02889] [01931] by two [08147], the male [0376] and his female [0802].
³ Of fowls [05775] also of the air [08064] by sevens [07651] [07651], the male [02145] and the female [05347]; to keep [02421] seed [02233] alive [02421] upon the face [06440] of all the earth [0776].
⁴ For yet [05750] seven [07651] days [03117], and I will cause it to rain [04305] upon the earth [0776] forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915]; and every [03605] living substance [03351] that I have made [06213] will I destroy [04229] from off [05921] the face [06440] of the earth [0127].
⁵ And Noah [05146] did [06213] according unto all that the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] him.
⁶ And Noah [05146] was six [08337] hundred [03967] years [08141] old [01121] when the flood [03999] of waters [04325] was upon the earth [0776].
⁷ And Noah [05146] went in [0935], and his sons [01121], and his wife [0802], and his sons [01121]' wives [0802] with him, into the ark [08392], because of [06440] the waters [04325] of the flood [03999].
⁸ Of clean [02889] beasts [0929], and of beasts [0929] that are not clean [02889], and of fowls [05775], and of every thing that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0127],
⁹ There went in [0935] two [08147] and two [08147] unto Noah [05146] into the ark [08392], the male [02145] and the female [05347], as [0834] God [0430] had commanded [06680] Noah [05146].
¹⁰ And it came to pass after seven [07651] days [03117], that the waters [04325] of the flood [03999] were upon the earth [0776].
¹¹ In [08141] the six [08337] hundredth [03967] year [08141] of Noah's [05146] life [02416], in the second [08145] month [02320], the seventeenth [07651] [06240] day [03117] of the month [02320], the same [02088] day [03117] were all the fountains [04599] of the great [07227] deep [08415] broken up [01234], and the windows [0699] of heaven [08064] were opened [06605].
¹² And the rain [01653] was upon the earth [0776] forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915].

⁸ But Noah [05146] found [04672] grace [02580] in the eyes [05869] of the LORD [03068].