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And they cameוַיָּבֹאוּto Noahאֶל נֹחַintoאֶלthe ark,הַתֵּבָהtwoשְׁנַיִםandtwoשְׁנַיִםof allמִכָּלfleshהַבָּשָׂרin whichאֲשֶׁר בּוֹisthe spiritרוּחַof life.חַיִּים
Genesis 7:15
Study it in the app“And they came to Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the spirit of life.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 7:15, word by word
- And they cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” 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- 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- twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- fleshבָּשָׂרbasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appears- the spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- of lifeחַיִּיםchayim
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayim” appears
The context
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16And those that came, male and female of all flesh, came as Elohim had commanded him; and YHWH shut the door behind him.
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?