Gen 7:6–10: the flood, waters; the entry
Says 7:6: וְנֹחַ בֶּן־שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה, "and Noah was a son of 600 years" ("600 years old," BSB), וְהַמַּבּוּל הָיָה מַיִם עַל־הָאָרֶץ, "and the flood was, waters, on the earth." BDB glosses the noun "flood in time of Noah"; outside Genesis it occurs only at Ps 29:10. 7:7: Noah, his sons, his wife and his sons' wives enter אֶל־הַתֵּבָה, מִפְּנֵי מֵי הַמַּבּוּל, "from before the waters of the flood" ("to escape the waters of the flood," BSB). 7:8–9: of the clean beasts and those אֵינֶנָּה טְהֹרָה, "not clean," of the birds and of all that creeps, שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם בָּאוּ, "two two came," זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה, "male and female," כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֱלֹהִים אֶת־נֹחַ, "as God commanded Noah" (xref.Gen.7.9.Gen.6.19-Gen.6.20.heb; note.language.Gen.6.19-Gen.6.22.two-of-all-and-obedience). 7:10: וַיְהִי לְשִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים, "and it was, at the seven days," וּמֵי הַמַּבּוּל הָיוּ, "the waters of the flood were" on the earth: the days of 7:4. Swete has δύο δύο εἰσῆλθον and μετὰ τὰς ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας.
Says Matt 24:38 and Luke 17:27 speak of that day, "up to the day Noah entered the ark"; Luke goes on, "Then the flood came and destroyed them all."
Claims
- SaysNoah 600 years old; וְהַמַּבּוּל הָיָה מַיִם (BDB "flood in time of Noah"), outside Genesis only Ps 29:10; the entry "from before the waters"; שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם בָּאוּ, male and female, as God commanded; the seven days of 7:4; Swete δύο δύο εἰσῆλθον.
- SaysMatt 24:38–39; Luke 17:27 speak of the day Noah entered the ark.
Citations
- OSHB CC BY 4.0 Gen 7:6–10 (WLC/OSHB; morph HAcbpa, HC/Td/Ncmsa (H3999), HR/Ncbpc, HAcmda, HVqp3cp, HR/Acmsc)
- OSHB CC BY 4.0 Ps 29:10 (OSHB lemma H3999)
- BDB CC BY 4.0 s.v. H3999, p. 550, entry m.ai.ag; BDB 1906 page image, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, leaf n573
- LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Gen 7:9–10. LXX read on the Swete page image, vol. 1 (1901), p. 11 (leaf n42).
- BSB public domain Gen 7:6–10; Matt 24:38–39; Luke 17:27
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