Genesis 7

King James Version · 24 verses · 279 cross-references linking it to 122 other chapters

1. 1And 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.39 cross-references: Matthew 24:37–39, 2 Peter 2:5–9, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:13, Hebrews 11:7
2. 2Of 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.13 cross-references: Leviticus 10:10, Genesis 8:20, Leviticus 11:1–47, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 6:19–21
3. 3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
4. 4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.33 cross-references: Genesis 7:17, Genesis 7:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 6:13
5. 5And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.16 cross-references: Genesis 6:22, Luke 8:21, Exodus 39:32, Exodus 39:42–43, Psalms 119:6
6. 6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.3 cross-references: Genesis 5:32, Genesis 8:13
7. 7And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.18 cross-references: Luke 17:27, Genesis 6:18, Matthew 24:38, Genesis 7:1, 2 Peter 2:5
8. 8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9. 9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.9 cross-references: Genesis 2:19, Isaiah 11:6–9, Isaiah 65:25, Genesis 7:16, Galatians 3:28
10. 10And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.10 cross-references: Luke 17:27, Genesis 7:4, Job 22:16, Genesis 6:17, Matthew 24:38–39
11. 11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.37 cross-references: Genesis 8:2, Malachi 3:10, Jeremiah 51:16, Jeremiah 5:22, Psalms 78:23–24
12. 12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.10 cross-references: Genesis 7:4, Matthew 4:2, Genesis 7:17, 1 Kings 19:8, Exodus 24:18
13. 13In 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;22 cross-references: Genesis 6:18, Genesis 7:1, 1 Peter 3:20, Genesis 6:10, Genesis 5:32
14. 14They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.6 cross-references: Genesis 7:2–3, Genesis 7:8–9
15. 15And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.5 cross-references: Isaiah 11:6, Genesis 6:19–20
16. 16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.16 cross-references: Matthew 25:10, Luke 13:25, Psalms 91:1–10, Genesis 7:2–3, 2 Kings 4:4–5
17. 17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.12 cross-references: Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12
18. 18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.4 cross-references: Exodus 14:28, Psalms 69:15, Psalms 104:26, Job 22:16
19. 19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.7 cross-references: Psalms 104:6–9, Psalms 46:2–3, 2 Peter 3:6, Job 12:15, Jeremiah 3:23
20. 20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.3 cross-references: Jeremiah 3:23, Psalms 104:6
21. 21And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:24 cross-references: Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 6:17, Romans 8:20, Genesis 6:6–7
22. 22All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.6 cross-references: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 6:17
23. 23And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.25 cross-references: 2 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 3:20, Hebrews 11:7, Luke 17:26–27, Matthew 24:37–39
24. 24And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.2 cross-references: Genesis 8:3–4

Explained connections

• The flood and baptism Genesis 7:23 and 1 Peter 3:21

  The flood wiped away the old world while the ark's family survived. Peter calls baptism the antitype: not washing dirt from the body but an appeal to God for a clean conscience, through Christ's resurrection.

• As in the days of Noah Genesis 7:7 and Matthew 24:38

  Noah enters the ark while the world carries on unaware. Jesus says his coming will be like that: people eating, drinking and marrying until the flood swept them away.

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People in Genesis 7

Noah, God, Shem, Ham, Japheth

Hard questions about Genesis 7

• Did Noah take two of every kind of animal into the ark, or seven of the clean kinds?
• If everyone outside the ark died in the flood, how were there Nephilim afterwards?
• Did Noah enter the ark seven days before the flood, or on the day it began?
• Did the flood last forty days or 150 days?