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And it happenedוַיְהִיafterלְthe sevenשִׁבְעַתdaysהַיָּמִיםthat the watersוּמֵיof the floodהַמַּבּוּלcameהָיוּonעַלthe earth.הָאָרֶץ
Genesis 7:10
Study it in the app“And it happened after the seven days that the waters of the flood came on the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 7:10, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- the sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- daysיָּמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- that the watersמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- of the floodמַּבּוּלmabul
flood
Flood: the great flood in the days of Noah. The word is almost only used for that event.
Where else “mabul” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
9two and two they came to Noah into the ark, male and female, as Elohim had commanded Noah.
10 · This verse (above)
11In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the springs of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
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?