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Genesis 7:5–7

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And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
¶ 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.
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From verse 5

  1. Genesis 6:22Rank 1 from verse 5
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    22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

  2. Luke 8:21Rank 2 from verse 5
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    21And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

  3. Exodus 39:32Rank 3 from verse 5
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    32¶ Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they.

  4. Exodus 39:42–43Rank 4 from verse 5
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    42According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.

    43And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

  5. Psalms 119:6Rank 5 from verse 5
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    6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

From verse 6

  1. Genesis 5:32Rank 1 from verse 6
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    32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  2. Genesis 8:13Rank 2 from verse 6
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    13¶ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

From verse 7

  1. Luke 17:27Rank 1 from verse 7
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    27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

  2. 2 Peter 2:5Rank 2 from verse 7
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    5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

  3. Genesis 6:18Rank 3 from verse 7
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    18But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

  4. Genesis 7:1Rank 4 from verse 7
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    1AND 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.

  5. Matthew 24:38Rank 5 from verse 7
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    38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

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Genesis 7:5

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Genesis 7:6

COMBINED MEANING

old

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1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.

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COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

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Genesis 7:7

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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ark

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1. The sacred chest called the ark of God, the testimony, or the covenant, made for Israel and set in the tabernacle or temple; the ark of God's testament is also seen in the heavenly temple. 2. The great vessel built by Noah in which his household and living creatures were preserved through the flood. 3. The small covered vessel of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid.

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7:1AND 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.

7:2Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

7:3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

7:4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

7:5And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.

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7:6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

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7:7¶ 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.

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7:8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

7:9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

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