Seven

How Nave’s arranged it

• Interesting facts concerning this number
• DAYS
• Week consists ofGenesis 2:3Exodus 20:11Deuteronomy 5:13Deuteronomy 5:14
• Noah in the ark before the great flood forGenesis 7:4Genesis 7:10
• Noah remains in the ark after sending forth the dove forGenesis 8:10Genesis 8:12
• Mourning for Jacob lasted forGenesis 50:10
• The sympathy for JOB by Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar forJob 2:13
• The plague of bloody waters in Egypt lasted forExodus 7:25
• The Israelites encircled Jericho forJoshua 6:4
• The Passover lasted forExodus 12:15
• Saul directed by Samuel to stay at Gilgal awaiting the prophet' s command for1 Samuel 10:81 Samuel 13:8
• The elders of Jabesh-gilead ask for a truce of1 Samuel 11:3

The passages, in Bible order (105)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 2:3

   Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 2:31 voice

   “And God blessed the seventh day - The original word ברך barach, which is generally rendered to bless, has a very extensive meaning. It is frequently used in Scripture in the sense of speaking good of or to a person; and hence literally and properly rendered by the Septuagint ευλογησεν, from ευ, good or well, and λεγω, I speak. So God has spoken well of the Sabbath, and good to them who conscientiously observe it.

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2. Genesis 7:2

   You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;

   ›Commentary on Genesis 7:22 voices

   “But what was the use of the seventh? It was manifestly reserved for sacrifice; and so that both during Noah's residence in the ark, and after his return to dry land, provision was made for celebrating the rites of worship according to the religion of fallen man.

   “Now let us consider by what means Noah commanded the clean animals to enter the ark, seven and seven, male and female (Gen. VII, 2): but of the unclean animals, two and two, so that the seed may be nourished in all the earth. And as I think, he asserts that the clean week begins; because the world and the sacred seventh number are clean. For it is not mixed with any other, nor is it generated from another.

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3. Genesis 7:4

   For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 7:42 voices

   “For yet seven days - God spoke these words probably on the seventh or Sabbath day, and the days of the ensuing week were employed in entering the ark, in embarking the mighty troop, for whose reception ample provision had been already made. Forty days - This period became afterwards sacred, and was considered a proper space for humiliation.

   “While Noah told them of the judgment at a distance, they were tempted to put off their repentance: but now he is ordered to tell them that it is at the door; that they have but one week more to turn them in, to see if that will now at last awaken them to consider the things that belong to their peace.

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4. Genesis 7:10

   And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 7:102 voices

   “And when seven days had passed, the waters of the flood inundated the earth. The seventh day signifies the Sabbath, that is, the rest of future life.

   “And it came to pass after seven days,.... Were ended, or on the seventh day, after God had given the orders to Noah, to prepare for his going into the ark, with his family, and all the creatures: that the waters of the flood were upon the earth: that is, they began to be upon the earth; for it continued to rain from hence forty days and forty nights; and still the waters continued to increase, and it was an hundred and fifty days before they began to ebb.

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5. Genesis 8:10

   Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

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6. Genesis 8:12

   And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

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7. Genesis 21:28

   Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 21:282 voices

   “Seven ewe lambs - These were either given as a present, or they were intended as the price of the well; and being accepted by Abimelech, they served as a witness that he had acknowledged Abraham’s right to the well in question.

   “And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well--Wells were of great importance to a pastoral chief and on the successful operation of sinking a new one, the owner was solemnly informed in person.

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8. Genesis 29:15–30

   Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

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9. Genesis 41:1–32

   After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,

   ›Commentary on Genesis 41:1–322 voices

   “It was certainly a singular honor to be instructed concerning an event yet fourteen years future: for truly the will of God was manifested to Pharaoh, just as if he had been taught by the word, except that the interpretation of it was to be sought elsewhere.

   “Pharaoh dreamed--"Pharaoh," from an Egyptian word Phre, signifying the "sun," was the official title of the kings of that country. The prince, who occupied the throne of Egypt, was Aphophis, one of the Memphite kings, whose capital was On or Heliopolis, and who is universally acknowledged to have been a patriot king.

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10. Genesis 41:2–7

    when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 41:2–72 voices

    “(Chapter 41, Verse 2) And behold, seven cows were coming up from the river, attractive to look at, well-fed and well-built, and they were grazing in the meadow. In Genesis it is written as Achi (Ἄχα), which is neither a Greek nor Latin word. Even in Hebrew it is corrupted: it is said to be Ahu (אָחוּ), which means 'in the marsh'.

    “There came up out of the river seven well-favored kine - This must certainly refer to the hippopotamus or river horse, as the circumstances of coming up out of the river and feeding in the field characterize that animal alone. The hippopotamus is the well-known inhabitant of the Nile, and frequently by night comes out of the river to feed in the fields, or in the sedge by the river side.

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11. Genesis 41:53

    When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,

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12. Genesis 41:54–56

    the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 41:54–562 voices

    “The seven years of dearth began to come - Owing in Egypt to the Nile not rising more than twelve or thirteen cubits; (See Clarke on Gen 41:31 (note)); but there must have been other causes which affected other countries, not immediately dependent on the Nile, though remotely connected with Egypt and Canaan. The dearth was in all lands - All the countries dependent on the Nile.

    “It is here said that in the land of Egypt there was bread, meaning probably, not only that which Joseph had bought up for the king, but that which private persons, by his example, and upon the public notice of this prediction, as well as by the rules of common prudence, had laid up. The performance of Joseph's trust. He was found faithful to it, as a steward ought to be.

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13. Genesis 50:10

    When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 50:101 voice

    “The threshing-floor of Atad - As אטד atad signifies a bramble or thorn, it has been understood by the Arabic, not as a man’s name, but as the name of a place; but all the other versions and the Targums consider it as the name of a man. Threshing-floors were always in a field, in the open air; and Atad was probably what we would call a great farmer or chief of some clan or tribe in that place. Jerome supposed the place to have been about two leagues from Jericho; but we have no certain information on this point.

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14. Exodus 7:25

    And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 7:252 voices

    “And seven days were fulfilled,.... Or there were full seven days, a whole week: after that the Lord had smitten the river, and turned it into blood; here the miracle is ascribed to him; Moses and Aaron, and the rod they used, were only instruments, nothing short of almighty power could do such a miracle; it seems this lasted seven days at least. It began, as Bishop Usher (o) computes it, on the eighteen day of the sixth month, or Adar, part of February and part of March, and ended the twenty fifth of the same.

    “Seven days - This marks the duration of the plague. The natural discoloration of the Nile water lasts generally much longer, about 20 days.

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15. Exodus 12:15

    For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 12:152 voices

    “A figurative allusion to this is made (1Co 5:7). The exclusion of leaven for seven days would not be attended with inconvenience in the East, where the usual leaven is dough kept till it becomes sour, and it is kept from one day to another for the purpose of preserving leaven in readiness.

    “Cut off - The penalty inflicted on those who transgressed the command may be accounted for on the ground that it was an act of rebellion; but additional light is thrown upon it by the typical meaning assigned to leaven by our Lord, Mat 16:6.

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16. Exodus 20:11

    For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

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