Genesis 7 · Verse 1

Genesis 7:1

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.
Genesis 7:1, King James Version

Genesis 7:1 in other translations

BSBThen the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
WEBThe LORD said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
ASVAnd Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
YLTAnd 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;
DARBYAnd Jehovah said to Noah, Go into the ark, thou and all thy house; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
BBEAnd the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.
WebsterAnd the LORD said to Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark: for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

What does Genesis 7:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

Ge 7:1-24. Entrance into the Ark.

1. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

God informs Noah that within seven days he shall send a rain upon the earth, that shall continue for forty days and nights; and therefore commands him to take his family, with the different clean and unclean animals, and enter the ark, Gen 7:1-4. This command punctually obeyed, Gen 7:5-9. In the seventeenth day of the second month, in the six hundredth year of Noah's life, the waters, from the opened windows of heaven, and the broken up fountains of the great deep, were poured out upon the earth, Gen 7:10-12. The different quadrupeds, fowls, and reptiles come unto Noah, and the Lord shuts him and them in, Gen 7:13-16. The waters increase, and the ark floats, Gen 7:17. The whole earth is covered with water fifteen cubits above the highest mountains, Gen 7:18-20. All terrestrial animals die, Gen 7:21-23. And the waters prevail one hundred and fifty days, Gen 7:24. Verse 1 Thee have I seen righteous - See the note on Gen 6:8

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 7:1-12
The call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come in-doors when he sees night or a storm coming. Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him, though he knew it was to be his place of refuge. It is very comfortable to see God going before us in every step we take. Noah had taken a great deal of pains to build the ark, and now he was himself kept alive in it. What we do in obedience to the command of God, and in faith, we ourselves shall certainly have the comfort of, first or last. This call to Noah reminds us of the call the gospel gives to poor sinners. Christ is an ark, in whom alone we can be safe, when death and judgment approach. The word says, "Come;" ministers say, "Come;" the Spirit says, "Come, come into the Ark." Noah was accounted righteous, not for his own righteousness, but as an heir of the righteousness which is by faith, He 11:7. He believed the revelation of a saviour, and sought and expected salvation through Him alone. Thus was he justified by faith, and received that Spirit whose fruit is in all goodness; but if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. After the hundred and twenty years, God granted seven days' longer space for repentance. But these seven days were trifled away, like all the rest. It shall be but seven days. They had only one week more, one sabbath more to improve, and to consider the things that belonged to their peace. But it is common for those who have been careless of their souls during the years of their health, when they have looked upon death at a distance, to be as careless during the days, the few days of their sickness, when they see death approaching; their hearts being hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. As Noah prepared the ark by faith in the warning given that the flood would come, so he went into it, by faith in this warning that it would come quickly. And on the day Noah was securely fixed in the ark, the fountains of the great deep were broken up. The earth had within it those waters, which, at God's command, sprang up and flooded it; and thus our bodies have in themselves those humours, which, when God pleases, become the seeds and springs of mortal diseases. The windows of heaven were opened, and the waters which were above the firmament, that is, in the air, were poured out upon the earth. The rain comes down in drops; but such rains fell then, as were never known before or since. It rained without stop or abatement, forty days and forty nights, upon the whole earth at once. As there was a peculiar exercise of the almighty power of God in causing the flood, it is vain and presumptuous to attempt explaining the method of it, by human wisdom.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Genesis 7:1 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.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
לְנֹ֔חַle.No.achto NoahH5146
בֹּֽא\־bo'-goH935
אַתָּ֥ה'a.TahyouH859
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
בֵּיתְךָ֖bei.te.Khahousehold yourH1004
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הַתֵּבָ֑הha.te.Vahthe arkH8392
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
אֹתְךָ֥'o.te.Kha<obj.> youH853
רָאִ֛יתִיra.'I.tiI have seenH7200
צַדִּ֥יקtza.DikrighteousH6662
לְפָנַ֖יle.fa.Nai<to> before meH6440
בַּדּ֥וֹרba.Dorin the generationH1755
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 7:1

  • Matthew 24:37-39

    But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

  • 2 Peter 2:5-9

    And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) …

  • Genesis 6:9

    These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

  • Hebrews 11:7

    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.

  • Isaiah 3:10-11

    Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Genesis 7:13

    In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

  • 1 Peter 3:20

    Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

  • Ezekiel 9:4-6

    And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

  • Luke 17:26

    And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

  • Acts 2:39

    For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

  • Psalms 33:18-19

    Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

  • Proverbs 14:26

    In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Noah, with his family, and the living creatures, enter the ark, and the flood begins.
17 The increase and continuance of the flood for forty days.
21 All flesh is destroyed by it.
24 Its duration.

A.M. 1656. B.C. 2348. Come.
7,13; Job 5:19-24; Ps 91:1-10; Pr 14:26; 18:10; Isa 26:20,21
Eze 9:4-6; Zep 2:3; Mt 24:37-39; Lu 17:26; Ac 2:39; Heb 11:7
1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 2:5
thee.
6:9; Ps 33:18,19; Pr 10:6,7,9; 11:4-8; Isa 3:10,11; Php 2:15,16
2Pe 2:5-9

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Context

  • Genesis 7:1

    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.

  • Genesis 7:2

    Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

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Genesis 7:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y JEHOVÁ dijo á Noé: Entra tú y toda tu casa en el arca; porque á ti he visto justo delante de mí en esta generación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel dit à Noé: Entre dans l’arche, toi et toute ta maison, car je t’ai vu juste devant moi en cette génération.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova sprach zu Noah: Gehe in die Arche, du und dein ganzes Haus; denn dich habe ich gerecht vor mir erfunden in diesem Geschlecht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Ingredere tu et omnis domus tua in arcam: te enim vidi justum coram me in generatione hac.