Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.
- BSB So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
- 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 15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
- Exod 40:16Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
- John 2:5His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
- Matt 7:24–27Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
- Gen 7:5And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
- Heb 11:7–8By 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.
- Deut 12:32What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- Gen 7:16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
- Exod 40:23And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- 1 Jn 5:3–4For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
- Gen 7:9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
- Gen 17:23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
- Exod 40:27And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Exod 40:25And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Exod 40:19And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Exod 40:32When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Exod 40:21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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