Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.
Parallel translations
- KJV Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
- 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 15:14You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
- Exod 40:16Moses did so. According to all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
- John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”
- Matt 7:24–27“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
- Gen 7:5Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.
- Heb 11:7–8By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
- Deut 12:32Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
- Gen 7:16Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then Yahweh shut him in.
- Exod 40:23He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- 1 Jn 5:3–4For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
- Gen 7:9went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
- Gen 17:23Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
- Exod 40:27and he burned incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exod 40:25He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exod 40:19He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exod 40:32When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exod 40:21He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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