I will make a special agreement with you. And you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives will all go into the boat.
Genesis 7:1 - Easy To Read Version Then the Lord said to Noah, “I have seen that you are a good man, even among the evil people of this time. So gather your family and all of you go into the boat. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AND THE Lord said to Noah, Come with all your household into the ark, for I have seen you to be righteous (upright and in right standing) before Me in this generation. [Ps. 27:5; 33:18, 19; II Pet. 2:9.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible The LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark with your whole household, because among this generation I’ve seen that you are a moral man. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said to him: "Enter the ark, you and all your house. For I have seen you to be just in my sight, within this generation. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said to him: Go in thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee I have seen just before me in this generation. |
I will make a special agreement with you. And you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives will all go into the boat.
This is the story about the family of Noah. Noah was a good man all his life. Noah always followed God.
Noah and his family went into the boat to be saved from the flood. Noah’s wife and his sons and their wives were on the boat with him.
A good, honest person is safe. But a crooked person who cheats will be caught.
The person who respects the Lord is safe and his children also live in safety.
There is much strength in the name of the Lord. It is like a strong tower. Good people can run to him and be safe.
\{I would punish that country\} even if Noah, Danel, and Job {\cf2\super [114]} lived there. Those men could save their own lives by their goodness, \{but they could not save the whole country\}.” The Lord my Master said these things.
All you humble people, come to the Lord! Obey his laws. Learn to do good things. Learn to be humble. Maybe then you will be safe when the Lord shows his anger.
Zechariah and Elizabeth were truly good people before God. They did everything the Lord (God) commanded and told people to do. They were without fault.
It will be the same when the Son of Man comes again as it was when Noah lived.
This promise is for you. It is also for your children and for the people that are far away. It is for every person that the Lord our God calls to himself.”
Noah was warned by God about things that Noah could not yet see. But Noah had faith and respect for God. So Noah built a large boat to save his family. With his faith, Noah showed that the world was wrong. And Noah became one of those people who are made right with God through faith.
Those were the spirits who refused to obey God long ago in the time of Noah. God was waiting patiently for them while Noah was building the big boat. Only a few people—eight in all—were saved in that boat. Those people were saved by water.