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Genesis 7:13

in Genesis 7

On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

In 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;

KJV

In 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;

This verse in Genesis 7

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

On that very day Noah entered the ark

on Genesis 7:13-16

Eight people go in, named one at a time: Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wives. Peter counts the same eight, saved through water, and reads the ark as a picture of baptism at 1 Peter 3:20 and 21. Every nation in the table of Genesis 10 comes out of Shem, Ham and Japheth. Then the LORD shut him in.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron) · Written before 735.

proposed

On that day, Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, his sons, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah,....

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

ויהי הגשם, as G’d had predicted so it came to pass; it kept raining non-stop for 40 days.
Radak: Provence, 1160–1235 · Radak on Genesis 7:12:1, via Sefaria, Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בְּעֶ֨צֶםon [the] substance of

    beetzemH6106 →126 times

  • הַיּ֤וֹםthe day

    haiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַזֶּה֙<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • בָּ֣אhe went

    ba'H935 →2568 times

  • נֹ֔חַNoah

    noachH5146 →46 times

  • וְשֵׁם־and Shem

    veshem-H8035 →17 times

  • וְחָ֥םand Ham

    vechamH2526 →16 times

  • וָיֶ֖פֶתand Japheth

    vayefetH3315 →11 times

  • בְּנֵי־[the] sons of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • נֹ֑חַNoah

    noachH5146 →46 times

  • וְאֵ֣שֶׁתand [the] wife of

    veeshetH802 →781 times

  • נֹ֗חַNoah

    noachH5146 →46 times

  • וּשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁתand [the] three

    usheloshetH7969 →432 times

  • נְשֵֽׁי־[the] wives of

    neshei-H802 →781 times

  • בָנָ֛יוsons his

    vanavH1121 →4930 times

  • אִתָּ֖םwith them

    ʾitamH854 →929 times

  • אֶל־into

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַתֵּבָֽה׃the ark

    hatevahH8392 →28 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 11:7

    By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes…

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 3:20

      who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Genesis 6:13

      Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

    • Ezekiel 14:14

      then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.

    • Romans 4:13

      For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

  • Through

    Genesis 7:1

    Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 11:7

      By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Matthew 24:37–39

      As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

    • 2 Peter 2:5–9

      if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;

    • Genesis 6:9

      This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.