KJV King James Version
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;
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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;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
WEB World English Bible
In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ship;
ASV American Standard Version
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;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In this self-same day went in Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, unto the ark;
Surrounding context — Genesis 7
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In 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.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
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;
14 They, 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.
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life.
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בְּעֶ֨צֶםH6106 · e.tsemboneהַיּ֤וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַזֶּה֙H2088 · zehthisבָּ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeנֹ֔חַH5146 · no.achNoahוְשֵׁם־H8035 · shemShemוְחָ֥םH2526 · chamHamוָיֶ֖פֶתH3315 · ye.phetJaphethבְּנֵי־H1121 · benson: childנֹ֑חַH5146 · no.achNoahוְאֵ֣שֶׁתH802 · ish.shahwomanנֹ֗חַH5146 · no.achNoahוּשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁתH7969 · sha.loshthreeנְשֵֽׁי־H802 · ish.shahwomanבָנָ֛יוH1121 · benson: childאִתָּ֖םH854 · etwithאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַתֵּבָֽה׃H8392 · te.vahark
Cross-references
Genesis 6:18But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.Genesis 7:1And 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.Genesis 10:21Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were [children] born.Genesis 7:7-9And 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.1 Chronicles 1:4-28Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.Genesis 10:1-2Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.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.Genesis 5:32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.Genesis 9:18-19And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.Genesis 6:10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.2 Peter 2:5And 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 10:6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.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.
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