Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
- KJV And 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.
- NKJV Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
- NASB Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this generation.
- NLT When everything was ready, the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous.
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God invites Noah and his household into the ark because he has seen Noah's righteousness. The door of salvation opens to Noah's family.
Overview
God personally summons Noah, affirming the righteousness God himself had worked in him by grace. The inclusion of the whole household shows God's gracious dealing with families through a faithful head. This call to "come" into the place of safety pictures the gospel invitation to find refuge in Christ before judgment falls.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 24:37–39As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- 2 Pet 2:5–9if 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 6:9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
- 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.
- 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.
- Isa 3:10–11Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Gen 7:13On 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—
- Luke 17:26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
- Ezek 9:4–6“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
- Ps 33:18–19Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- Prov 14:26He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
- Prov 11:4–8Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- Isa 26:20–21Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
- Zeph 2:3Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
- Prov 10:9He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
- Phil 2:15–16so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- Gen 7:7And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
- Prov 10:6–7Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Ps 91:1–10He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Job 5:19–24He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
- Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
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