Genesis - 7:7



7 Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, because of the waters of the flood.

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And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
And Noe went in and his sons, his wife and the wives of his sons with him into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
And Noah goeth in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, unto the ark, from the presence of the waters of the deluge;
And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, before the waters of the flood.
And Noah entered into the ark, and his sons, his wife, and the wives of his sons with him, because of the waters of the great flood.
Et ingressus Noah, et filii ejus, et uxor ejus, et uxores filiorum ejus cum eo in arcam, propter aquas diluvii.

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Historical Commentaries

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And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark,.... Within the space of the seven days, between the command of God to go into it, and the coming of the flood; or rather on the seventh day, on which it began to rain; when he saw it was coming on, see Genesis 7:11.
because of the waters of the flood; for fear of them, lest, before he entered into the ark with his family, he and they should be carried away with them; or "from the face of the waters" (r), which now began to appear and spread; or rather, "before the waters" (s), before they came to any height.
(r) "a facie aquarum", Pagninus, Montanus. (s) "Ante aquas diluvii", Schmidt.

And Noah went in with his sons, and his wife, and his sons wives - And the brute creatures readily went in with him. The same hand that at first brought them to Adam to be named, now brought them to Noah to be preserved.

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