Genesis 7
1 The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family,because I have found you righteous in this generation.
2 Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,
3 and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
4 Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.”
5 And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.
6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth.
7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
8 Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground,
9 male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And after the seven days the floodwaters came on the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.
14 They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings.
15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.
16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.
17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.
18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.
21 Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.
22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.
24 The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.
Footnotes:
- Genesis 7:20 That is, about 23 feet or about 6.8 meters
- Genesis 7:20 Or rose more than fifteen cubits, and the mountains were covered
Observation Questions
What is the reason the God gives for Noah and his whole family to go into the ark? (verse 1)
What specific instructions does God give concerning the animals? (verse 2 - 4)
When did God tell Noah he would send rain on the earth? (verse 4)
How old was Noah when the floodwaters cam on the earth? (verse 6 & 11)
Why did Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives enter the ark? (verse 7)
Did animals come to Noah? (verse 8-9)
How long did the rain fall on the earth? (verse 12)
Was everything with wings in the ark? (verse 14)
Did pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them come to Noah and enter the ark? (verse 15)
Who shut them in the ark? (verse 16)
Was the ark lifted high above the earth? (verse 17)
Did the ark float? (verse 18)
What was covered with water? (verse 19)
How deep was the water? (verse 20)
Who died? (verse 21-23)
How long did the waters flood the earth? (verse 24)
Interpretation
What would it smell like?
What do you think Noah's neighbors would think if they could see what he was doing and the animals that came to him?
What is not said in Genesis 7 that readers would find to be important?
Thoughts
There are many songs that come to mind- many verses and thoughts about the peace that comes with God- even with so many people/animals.
One song that comes to mind is "Still".
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