Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.
Parallel translations
- KJV And 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.
- BSB And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
- NKJV So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.
- NASB Then Noah and his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark because of the waters of the flood.
- NLT He went on board the boat to escape the flood—he and his wife and his sons and their wives.
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Quick answer
Noah and his family enter the ark because of the floodwaters. They take refuge in God's provided means of salvation.
Overview
Noah's household enters together, again showing God's gracious dealing through a faithful father. Their entering the ark is an act of faith in God's warning before the waters rise. This sheltering of the family pictures salvation found by entering the refuge God provides, ultimately fulfilled in union with Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Luke 17:27They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
- Matt 24:38For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,
- Gen 6:18But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
- 2 Pet 2:5and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;
- Gen 7:1Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
- Heb 11:7By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
- Prov 22:3A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
- Gen 7:13–15In 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 —
- Heb 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- 1 Pet 3:20who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
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