KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
ASV 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.
YLT 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;
Surrounding 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.
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.
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
4 For 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְנֹ֔חַH5146 · no.achNoahבֹּֽא־H935 · boto come (in): comeאַתָּ֥הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)וְכָל־H3605 · kolallבֵּיתְךָ֖H1004 · betplaceאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַתֵּבָ֑הH8392 · te.vaharkכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforאֹתְךָ֥H853 · et[Obj.]רָאִ֛יתִיH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeצַדִּ֥יקH6662 · tsad.diqrighteousלְפָנַ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeבַּדּ֥וֹרH1755 · dorgenerationהַזֶּֽה׃H2088 · zehthis
Cross-references
Matthew 24:37-39But as the days of Noe [were], so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.2 Peter 2:5-9And 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;Genesis 6:9These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God.Hebrews 11:7By 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.Genesis 7:13In 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;Isaiah 3:10-11Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.1 Peter 3:20Which 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.Luke 17:26And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.Ezekiel 9:4-6And 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.Acts 2:39For 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.Proverbs 14:26In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.Psalm 33:18-19Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;Psalm 91:1-10He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.Proverbs 10:9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.Zephaniah 2:3Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’S anger.Proverbs 10:6-7Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.Philippians 2:15-16That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;Proverbs 11:4-8Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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