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—
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- WEB 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 —
- KJV 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;
- NKJV On the very same day Noah and Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark—
- NASB On this very same day Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark,
- NLT That very day Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons—Shem, Ham, and Japheth—and their wives.
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On that very day Noah, his sons, and their wives entered the ark. The whole appointed family is safely inside before the waters prevail.
Overview
The deliberate naming of each family member stresses that all whom God appointed to be saved entered the ark. They are inside precisely on the day the flood begins, sheltered before judgment closes in. This careful timing pictures the security of those whom God brings into his place of refuge.
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Cross-references · 13
- Gen 6:18But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
- Gen 7:1Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
- Heb 11:7By 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.
- Gen 5:32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Gen 9:18–19The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
- Gen 10:1–2This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
- 1 Chr 1:4–28The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Gen 10:21And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
- 1 Pet 3:20who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
- Gen 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- 2 Pet 2:5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
- Gen 6:10And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Gen 7:7–9And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
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