Genesis 7:7

7 And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

Genesis 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 7:7

And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons'
wives with him, into the ark
Within the space of the seven days, between the command of God to go into it, and the coming of the flood; or rather on the seventh day, on which it began to rain; when he saw it was coming on, see ( Genesis 7:11 Genesis 7:13 ) because of the waters of the flood;
for fear of them, lest, before he entered into the ark with his family, he and they should be carried away with them; or "from the face of the waters" ^F18, which now began to appear and spread; or rather, "before the waters" ^F19, before they came to any height.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (ym ygpm) "a facie aquarum", Pagninus, Montanus.
F19 "Ante aquas diluvii", Schmidt.

Genesis 7:7 In-Context

5 And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.

6 Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.

7 And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

8 The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground

9 came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.