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AndוַYHWHיְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto Noah,לְנֹחַ“Come,בֹּאyouאַתָּהand allוְכָלyour household,בֵּיתְךָintoאֶלthe ark,הַתֵּבָהforכִּיyouאֹתְךָI have seenרָאִיתִיto berighteousצַדִּיקbefore meלְפָנַיin thisהַזֶּהgeneration.בַּדּוֹר
Genesis 7:1
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to Noah, “Come, you and all your household, into the ark, for you I have seen to be righteous before me in this generation.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 7:1, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Noahנֹחַnoach
Noah
Noah, son of Lamech, the man who found favor with YHWH and was saved with his family in the ark from the flood. In Hebrew "Noach" sounds like "rest" and "comfort" (Genesis 5:29).
Where else “noach” appears- “Comeבֹּאbo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bo” appears- your householdבֵּיתְbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- the arkתֵּבָהteva
ark
Ark: a large box or chest. It is Noah's vessel; the same word is used only again for the basket where the baby Moses was put (Exodus 2:3).
Where else “teva” appears- I have seenרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- righteousצַדִּיקtsadik
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appears- before meפָנַfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears- generationדּוֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Of every clean animal you shall take for yourself seven and seven, the male and its female; and of the animals that are not clean, they are two, the male and its female;
To study Genesis 7 in a group
1. What it says
Who entered the ark, and what did YHWH do after they went in (vv. 7, 16)?
2. What it means
What does the text teach by repeating that Noah did all that Elohim had commanded him (vv. 5, 9)?
3. How I live it
What step you have been putting off can you take this week in obedience to what you know is good?