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.
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.
- BSB Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous 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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Quick answer
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.
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- Matt 24:37–39But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
- 2 Pet 2:5–9And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
- Gen 6:9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
- Heb 11:7By 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.
- 1 Pet 3:20Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
- Isa 3:10–11Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- Gen 7:13In 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;
- Luke 17:26And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
- Ezek 9:4–6And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
- Ps 33:18–19Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
- Prov 14:26In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- Acts 2:39For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
- Prov 11:4–8Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
- Isa 26:20–21Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
- Zeph 2:3Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger.
- Prov 10:9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
- Phil 2:15–16That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
- Gen 7:7And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
- Prov 10:6–7Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- Ps 91:1–10He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Job 5:19–24He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
- Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
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