Genesis 7:5

5 Noah did everything God commanded him.

Genesis 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 7:5

And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him,
&c.] He prepared for his entrance into the ark, and all the creatures with him; got everything ready for them, the rooms for their habitation, and food for their sustenance.

Genesis 7:5 In-Context

3 and seven pairs of every kind of bird, a male and a female, to insure their survival on Earth.
4 In just seven days I will dump rain on Earth for forty days and forty nights. I'll make a clean sweep of everything that I've made."
5 Noah did everything God commanded him.
6 Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters covered the Earth.
7 Noah and his wife and sons and their wives boarded the ship to escape the flood.

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