So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.
- KJV Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
- NKJV Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
- NASB So Noah did these things; according to everything that God had commanded him, so he did.
- NLT So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.
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Quick answer
Noah did all that God commanded him. His complete obedience demonstrates genuine faith.
Overview
This summary statement underscores Noah's faithful and thorough obedience to every instruction. Hebrews holds Noah up as a model of faith who, warned about things not yet seen, acted in reverent obedience. His obedience flows from the grace he received and points to the obedience of faith that marks all of God's people.
Cross-references & the web
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- John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- Exod 40:16Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
- John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
- Matt 7:24–27Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Gen 7:5And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
- Heb 11:7–8By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
- Deut 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
- Gen 7:16And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
- Exod 40:23He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- 1 Jn 5:3–4For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
- Gen 7:9came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
- Gen 17:23On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
- Exod 40:27and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exod 40:25and set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exod 40:19Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exod 40:32They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exod 40:21Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
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