And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.
- BSB And Noah did all that the LORD had 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 6:22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
- Luke 8:21And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
- Ps 119:6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
- Exod 39:32Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
- Exod 39:42–43According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
- Matt 3:15And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
- John 13:17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
- Phil 2:8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
- Exod 40:16Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
- Heb 5:8Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
- John 2:5His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
- John 8:28–29Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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