Genesis 7:13

“On that very day Noah went into the ark, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and the wife of Noah and the three wives of his sons with them,”
Genesis 7:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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On that veryבְּעֶצֶם הַזֶּהdayהַיּוֹםNoahנֹחַwentבָּאintoאֶלthe ark,הַתֵּבָהand Shemוְשֵׁםand Hamוְחָםand Japheth,וָיֶפֶתthe sonsבְּנֵיof Noah,נֹחַand the wifeוְאֵשֶׁתof Noahנֹחַand the threeוּשְׁלֹשֶׁתwivesנְשֵׁיof his sonsבָנָיוwith them,אִתָּם

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Both texts speak of those who entered the ark with Noah; Genesis 7:13 names them: Noah, his three sons, and the four wives, eight persons.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

נֹחַnoajH5146ΝῶεNōeG3575“Noah”
תֵּבָהtevaH8392κιβωτοῦkibōtouG2787“ark”

Genesis 7:13, word by word

On that veryעֶצֶםetsem

very

With "day", it means "that very day", stressing that it happened right then.

Where else “etsem” appears

dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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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).

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wentבָּאba

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “ba” 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).

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and Shemשֵׁםshem

Shem

Shem, one of the three sons of Noah; Abraham descends from him. The name also stands for his descendants.

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and Hamחָםcham

Ham

Ham, one of the three sons of Noah, father of Canaan, Cush and Mizraim; also his descendants and their land.

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and Japhethיֶפֶתyefet

Japheth

Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah; also his descendants.

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the sonsבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and the wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

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and the threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

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The context

12And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 · This verse (above)

14they, and every animal according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every bird, every winged creature.

Read all of Genesis 7

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?

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