Genesis 7:1

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

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

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“And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.”

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“And Jehovah saith to Noah, `Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation;”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 7:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 6:9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
  2. Genesis 6:18But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
  3. Genesis 7:7And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
  4. Genesis 7:13On 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—
  5. Job 5:19He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
  6. Psalms 33:18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
  7. Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
  8. Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
  9. Proverbs 10:9He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
  10. Proverbs 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
  11. Proverbs 14:26He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
  12. Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
  13. Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
  14. Isaiah 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
  15. Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
  16. Ezekiel 14:14then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
  17. Zephaniah 2:3Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
  18. Matthew 24:37As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
  19. Luke 17:26Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
  20. Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
  21. Philippians 2:15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
  22. Hebrews 11:7By 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 by faith.
  23. 1 Peter 3:20who 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.
  24. 2 Peter 2:5if 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;

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