Genesis 6 · Verse 22

Genesis 6:22

Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Genesis 6:22, King James Version

Genesis 6:22 in other translations

BSBSo Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
WEBThus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.
ASVThus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
YLTAnd Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.
DARBYAnd Noah did it; according to all that God had commanded him, so did he.
BBEAnd all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.
WebsterThus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

What does Genesis 6:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 6:17-22

17-22. And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood--The repetition of the announcement was to establish its certainty (Ge 41:32). Whatever opinion may be entertained as to the operation of natural laws and agencies in the deluge, it was brought on the world by God as a punishment for the enormous wickedness of its inhabitants.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Thus did Noah - He prepared the ark; and during one hundred and twenty years preached righteousness to that sinful generation, 2Pet 2:5. And this we are informed, 1Pet 3:18, 1Pet 3:19, etc., he did by the Spirit of Christ; for it was only through him that the doctrine of repentance could ever be successfully preached. The people in Noah's time are represented as shut up in prison - arrested and condemned by God's justice, but graciously allowed the space of one hundred and twenty years to repent in. This respite was an act of great mercy; and no doubt thousands who died in the interim availed themselves of it, and believed to the saving of their souls. But the great majority of the people did not, else the flood had never come.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Noah's faith triumphed over all corrupt reasonings. To rear so large a building, such a one as he never saw, and to provide food for the living creatures, would require from him a great deal of care, and labour, and expense. His neighbours would laugh at him. But all such objections, Noah, by faith, got over; his obedience was ready and resolute. Having begun to build, he did not leave off till he had finished: so did he, and so must we do. He feared the deluge, and therefore prepared the ark. And in the warning given to Noah, there is a more solemn warning given to us, to flee from the wrath to come, which will sweep the world of unbelievers into the pit of destruction. Christ, the true Noah, which same shall comfort us, hath by His sufferings already prepared the ark, and kindly invites us by faith to enter in. While the day of his patience continues, let us hear and obey his voice.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 6:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֖עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he didH6213
נֹ֑חַNo.achNoahH5146
כְּ֠כֹלKe.kholaccording to allH3605
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherthatH834
צִוָּ֥הtzi.Vahhe commandedH6680
אֹת֛וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
כֵּ֥ןkensoH3651
עָשָֽׂה\׃\ \ס'a.Sahhe didH6213

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Cross references for Genesis 6:22

  • Exodus 40:16

    Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he.

  • John 15:14

    Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

  • John 2:5

    His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

  • Matthew 7:24-27

    Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

  • Genesis 7:5

    And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.

  • Hebrews 11:7-8

    By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

  • Deuteronomy 12:32

    What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

  • Genesis 7:16

    And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.

  • Genesis 7:9

    There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

  • Exodus 40:23

    And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

  • 1 John 5:3-4

    For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

  • Exodus 40:25

    And he lighted the lamps before the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
7:5,9,16; 17:23; Ex 40:16,19,21,23,25,27,32; De 12:32; Mt 7:24-27
Joh 2:5; 15:14; Heb 11:7,8; 1Jo 5:3,4

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Context

  • Genesis 6:21

    And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

  • Genesis 6:22

    Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

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Genesis 6:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		E hízolo así Noé; hizo conforme á todo lo que Dios le mandó.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Et Noé le fit; selon tout ce que Dieu lui avait commandé, ainsi il fit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Noah tat es; nach allem, was Gott ihm geboten hatte, also tat er.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fecit igitur Noë omnia quæ præceperat illi Deus.