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Themes in Genesis 7

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Themes in Genesis 7

Genesis 7:1 (show verse)

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.

Antediluvians » Destruction of
Ark » Noah's
Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
Blessing » Temporal » From God » Examples of » To noah, at the time of the flood
Comes » The comes of God's word » Come into a place of safety
God's Call » The comes of God's word » Come into a place of safety
Judgments » Preservation during--exemplified » Noah

Genesis 7:2 (show verse)

Of every clean animal you shall take with you seven pair, the male and his female, and of animals that are not clean, two each the male and his female;

Animals » Two of every sort preserved in the ark
Animals » Offered in sacrifice
Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
Beasts » Early distinguished into clean and unclean
Seven » Miscellany of sevens » Of the ceremonially clean creatures taken into noah's ark

Genesis 7:3 (show verse)

also of the birds of the air, seven pair, the male and the female, to keep the offspring alive on the surface of the earth.

Animals » Two of every sort preserved in the ark
Animals » Offered in sacrifice
Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
Birds » Called » Fowls of the air

For in seven days I am going to cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy (blot out, wipe away) every living thing that I have made from the surface of the earth.”

Animals » Offered in sacrifice
Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
the Deluge » Produced by » Forty days' incessant rain
Elements, control of » General references to the control of the elements
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Seven days
Perishing » How the old world perished
Power » Divine power over nature exhibited by Christ, general examples of » General references to the control of the elements
Rain » Instances of extraordinary » Time of the flood
Rain » Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of noah
Seven » Certainties, seven that face the unrepentant sinner » Days
Seven » Days » Noah in the ark before the great flood for
World » What happened to the old world

Genesis 7:5 (show verse)

So Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.

Animals » Two of every sort preserved in the ark
Animals » Offered in sacrifice
Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
Noah » Facts concerning » Obedient when appointed to a hard task
Obedience » Instances of » Noah

Genesis 7:6 (show verse)

Noah was six hundred years old when the flood (deluge) of water came on the earth [covering all of the land].

Animals » Offered in sacrifice
Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in

Genesis 7:7 (show verse)

Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark to escape the flood waters.

Animals » Offered in sacrifice
Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in

Genesis 7:8 (show verse)

Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and fowls and everything that crawls on the ground,

Animals » Offered in sacrifice
Ark » Noah's » Noah and family preserved in
Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
Meteorology and celestial phenomena » Phenomena of » the Deluge

Genesis 7:9 (show verse)

they came [motivated by God] into the ark with Noah two by two, the male and the female, just as God had commanded Noah.

Animals » Two of every sort preserved in the ark
Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in

Genesis 7:10 (show verse)

And after the seven days [God released the rain and] the floodwaters came on the earth.

Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
Rain » Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of noah
Seven » Days » Noah in the ark before the great flood for

Genesis 7:11 (show verse)

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep [subterranean waters] burst open, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Animals » Two of every sort preserved in the ark
Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
Clouds » Called the » Windows of heaven
Clouds » Frequently the instrument of God's judgments
the Deluge » Produced by » Opening up of the fountains of the great deep
the Deluge » Date of its commencement
Fountains and springs » Come from the great deep
Meteorology » Storms » Allusions to remarkable
Month » Ancient use of
Months » Originally had no names
Rain » Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of noah
Storms » Allusions to remarkable
Time » Eras from which, computed » Nativity of the patriarchs during the patriarchal age
Years » Length of, during the patriarchal age
Years » Divided into » Months

Genesis 7:12 (show verse)

It rained on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
Clouds » Frequently the instrument of God's judgments
the Deluge » Produced by » Forty days' incessant rain
Meteorology » Storms » Rain
Rain » Storms
Rain » Instances of extraordinary » Time of the flood
Rain » Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of noah
Storms » Rain

Genesis 7:13 (show verse)

On the very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark,

Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
the Deluge » Noah, &c, saved from
Japheth » His life preserved at the time of the great flood
Shem (sem) » Preserved in the ark (ship)

Genesis 7:14 (show verse)

they and every animal according to its kind, all the livestock according to their kinds, every moving thing that crawls on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every winged thing of every sort.

Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
the Deluge » Noah, &c, saved from

Genesis 7:15 (show verse)

So they went into the ark with Noah, two by two of all living beings in which there was the breath and spirit of life.

Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in

Genesis 7:16 (show verse)

Those which entered, male and female of all flesh (creatures), entered as God had commanded Noah; and the Lord closed the door behind him.

Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
Judgments » Preservation during--exemplified » Noah
Types of Christ » Ark

Genesis 7:17 (show verse)

The flood [the great downpour of rain] was forty days and nights on the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it floated [high] above the land.

Days » Forty days » Flood lasted
the Deluge » Produced by » Forty days' incessant rain
the Deluge » Increased gradually
the Earth » Once inundated
Forty » Days » Of rain, at the time of the flood
Forty days » Flood lasted
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Flood lasted
Rain » Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of noah
Ships » Probably originated from the ark made by noah

Genesis 7:18 (show verse)

The waters became mighty and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

the Deluge » Increased gradually
the Earth » Once inundated
Rain » Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of noah
Ships » Probably originated from the ark made by noah

Genesis 7:19 (show verse)

The waters prevailed so greatly and were so mighty and overwhelming on the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.

the Deluge » Extreme height of
the Earth » Once inundated
Mountains » The elevated parts of the earth
Rain » Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of noah

Genesis 7:20 (show verse)

[In fact] the waters became fifteen cubits higher [than the highest ground], and the mountains were covered.

the Deluge » Extreme height of
the Earth » Once inundated
Mountains » The elevated parts of the earth
Rain » Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of noah
Water » The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by

Genesis 7:21 (show verse)

All living beings that moved on the earth perished—birds and cattle (domestic animals), [wild] animals, all things that swarm and crawl on the earth, and all mankind.

Anger of God » Exemplified against » The old world
Antediluvians » Destruction of
the Earth » Once inundated
Rain » Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of noah
Sin » National, punishment of
Water » The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by

Genesis 7:22 (show verse)

Everything on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath and spirit of life, died.

Anger of God » Exemplified against » The old world
Antediluvians » Destruction of
Breath » Of life
the Earth » Once inundated
Man » Quickened by the breath of God
Rain » Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of noah
Sin » National, punishment of
Water » The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by

Genesis 7:23 (show verse)

God destroyed (blotted out, wiped away) every living thing that was on the surface of the earth; man and animals and the crawling things and the birds of the heavens were destroyed from the land. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive.

Anger of God » Exemplified against » The old world
Antediluvians » Destruction of
Beasts » Often cut off for the sins of men
the Deluge » Complete destruction effected by
the Earth » Once inundated
Rain » Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of noah
Water » The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by

Genesis 7:24 (show verse)

The waters covered [all of] the earth for a hundred and fifty days (five months).

the Deluge » Time of its increase and prevailing
the Earth » Once inundated
Rain » Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of noah
Years » Length of, during the patriarchal age