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Gen 7:1–5: "come into the ark"; righteous "in this generation"

Says 7:1: וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה, "and the Lord said," בֹּא־אַתָּה וְכָל־בֵּיתְךָ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה, "come, you and all your house, into the ark" ("all your family," BSB; BDB on the noun, "household, family"). The reason follows: כִּי־אֹתְךָ רָאִיתִי צַדִּיק לְפָנַי בַּדּוֹר הַזֶּה, "for you I have seen righteous before me in this generation" (BDB "just, righteous"). 6:9 used the adjective with "in his generations," plural; here God says it, with the singular "this generation" (xref.Gen.7.1.Gen.6.9.heb; note.language.Gen.6.8-Gen.6.10.noah-favor-and-toledot). Swete has σὲ ἴδον δίκαιον ἐναντίον μου ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ. 7:5 closes וַיַּעַשׂ נֹחַ, "and Noah did," כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּהוּ יְהוָה, "according to all that the Lord commanded him," the formula of 6:22 with the Lord named (note.language.Gen.6.19-Gen.6.22.two-of-all-and-obedience).

Says The NT speaks of Noah as a man of the past who entered the ark: Matt 24:38, "up to the day Noah entered the ark"; Heb 11:7, "in godly fear built an ark to save his family."

Claims

  • Saysבֹּא־אַתָּה וְכָל־בֵּיתְךָ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה (BDB "household, family"); צַדִּיק (BDB "just, righteous") "before me in this generation," singular, beside "in his generations" in 6:9; Swete δίκαιον … ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ; the formula of 6:22 in 7:5.
  • SaysMatt 24:38; Heb 11:7 speak of Noah as a man of the past who entered the ark.

Citations

  • OSHB CC BY 4.0 Gen 7:1–5 (WLC/OSHB; morph HVqv2ms, HNcmsc/Sp2ms, HVqp1cs, HAamsa (H6662), HRd/Ncmsa, HVpp3ms/Sp3ms)
  • BDB CC BY 4.0 s.v. H1004b, p. 108, entry b.bp.aa; BDB 1906 page image, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, leaf n131
  • BDB CC BY 4.0 s.v. H6662, p. 843, entry r.ar.ae; BDB 1906 page image, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, leaf n866
  • LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Gen 7:1. LXX read on the Swete page image, vol. 1 (1901), p. 10 (leaf n41).
  • BSB public domain Gen 7:1–5; Matt 24:38; Heb 11:7
Sources OSHB CC BY 4.0 BSB public domain BDB CC BY 4.0 LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Bible Scholarship & Tool CC BY 4.0

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