And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.
- KJV And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
- NKJV And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him.
- NASB So Noah acted in accordance with everything that the Lord had commanded him.
- NLT So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.
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Quick answer
Noah did everything that God commanded him. His obedience is again emphasized as the flood approaches.
Overview
This repeated note of complete obedience highlights Noah's steadfast faith as the moment of judgment nears. Obedience here is the fruit of trusting God's word about an unseen catastrophe. Noah's example commends a faith that acts fully on God's commands, the kind of faith that ultimately rests in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Gen 6:22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
- Luke 8:21But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”
- Ps 119:6Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
- Exod 39:32So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exod 39:42–43The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Matt 3:15“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
- John 13:17If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- Phil 2:8And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.
- Exod 40:16Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Heb 5:8Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.
- John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
- John 8:28–29So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
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