The Flood

Genesis 6:1-8:22

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Genesis

The Creation of the World 1:1-2:3 The Creation of Man and Woman 2:4-25 The Fall of Man 3:1-24 Cain and Abel 4:1-26 From Adam to Noah 5:1-32 The Flood 6:1-8:22 God’s Covenant with Noah 9:1-17 Noah’s Drunkenness and Curse 9:18-29 Nations Descended from Noah 10:1-32 The Tower of Babel 11:1-9 From Shem to Abram 11:10-32 The Call of Abram 12:1-9 Abram in Egypt 12:10-20 Abram and Lot Separate 13:1-18 Abram Rescues Lot 14:1-24 God’s Covenant with Abram 15:1-21 Hagar and Ishmael 16:1-16 The Covenant of Circumcision 17:1-27 A Son Promised to Sarah 18:1-15 Abraham Intercedes for Sodom 18:16-33 The Destruction of Sodom 19:1-29 The Origin of Moab and Ammon 19:30-38 Abraham and Abimelech 20:1-18 The Birth of Isaac 21:1-7 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away 21:8-21 A Treaty with Abimelech 21:22-34 The Sacrifice of Isaac 22:1-19 Nahor’s Children 22:20-24 The Death and Burial of Sarah 23:1-20 A Wife for Isaac 24:1-67 The Death of Abraham 25:1-11 Ishmael’s Descendants 25:12-18 Esau and Jacob 25:19-34 Isaac and Abimelech 26:1-35 Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing 27:1-40 Jacob Sent to Paddan-aram 27:41-28:9 Jacob’s Dream at Bethel 28:10-22 Jacob Meets Rachel 29:1-14 Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel 29:15-30 The Children of Jacob 29:31-30:24 Jacob’s Prosperity 30:25-43 Jacob Flees from Laban 31:1-21 Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant 31:22-55 Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau 32:1-21 Jacob Wrestles with God 32:22-32 Jacob Meets Esau 33:1-20 Dinah and the Shechemites 34:1-31 God Blesses Jacob at Bethel 35:1-15 Deaths of Rachel and Isaac 35:16-29 Esau’s Descendants 36:1-30 The Kings of Edom 36:31-43 Joseph’s Dreams 37:1-11 Joseph Sold by His Brothers 37:12-36 Judah and Tamar 38:1-30 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 39:1-23 Joseph Interprets Dreams in Prison 40:1-23 Pharaoh’s Dreams 41:1-40 Joseph Rises to Power 41:41-57 Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt 42:1-38 Joseph’s Brothers Return with Benjamin 43:1-34 The Silver Cup 44:1-34 Joseph Reveals Himself 45:1-28 Jacob Goes to Egypt 46:1-47:12 Joseph and the Famine 47:13-31 Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh 48:1-22 Jacob Blesses His Sons 49:1-28 The Death and Burial of Jacob 49:29-50:14 Joseph Reassures His Brothers 50:15-21 The Death of Joseph 50:22-26

Exodus

Israel Increases in Egypt 1:1-22 The Birth of Moses 2:1-10 Moses Flees to Midian 2:11-25 The Burning Bush 3:1-22 Signs for Moses 4:1-17 Moses Returns to Egypt 4:18-31 Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh 5:1-21 God Promises Deliverance 5:22-6:12 The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron 6:13-27 Moses and Aaron Sent to Pharaoh 6:28-7:7 Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Serpent 7:8-13 The First Plague: Water to Blood 7:14-24 The Second Plague: Frogs 7:25-8:15 The Third Plague: Gnats 8:16-19 The Fourth Plague: Flies 8:20-32 The Fifth Plague: Livestock Die 9:1-7 The Sixth Plague: Boils 9:8-12 The Seventh Plague: Hail 9:13-35 The Eighth Plague: Locusts 10:1-20 The Ninth Plague: Darkness 10:21-29 A Final Plague Threatened 11:1-10 The Passover 12:1-30 The Exodus 12:31-42 Passover Regulations 12:43-51 Consecration of the Firstborn 13:1-16 Crossing the Red Sea 13:17-14:31 The Song of Moses 15:1-21 Bitter Water Made Sweet 15:22-27 Manna from Heaven 16:1-36 Water from the Rock 17:1-7 Amalek Defeated 17:8-16 Jethro’s Advice 18:1-27 Israel at Mount Sinai 19:1-25 The Ten Commandments 20:1-21 Laws About Altars 20:22-21:1 Laws About Slaves 21:2-11 Laws About Personal Injuries 21:12-36 Laws About Restitution 22:1-15 Laws About Holiness 22:16-31 Laws About Justice 23:1-9 Sabbath Years and Weeks 23:10-13 The Three Feasts 23:14-19 The Angel and the Promises 23:20-33 The Covenant Confirmed 24:1-18 Contributions for the Sanctuary 25:1-9 The Ark of the Testimony 25:10-22 The Table for Bread 25:23-30 The Golden Lampstand 25:31-40 The Tabernacle 26:1-37 The Bronze Altar 27:1-8 The Court of the Tabernacle 27:9-19 Oil for the Lamp 27:20-21 The Priests’ Garments 28:1-5 The Ephod 28:6-14 The Breastpiece of Judgment 28:15-30 Other Priestly Garments 28:31-43 Consecration of the Priests 29:1-46 The Altar of Incense 30:1-10 The Census Tax 30:11-16 The Bronze Basin 30:17-21 The Anointing Oil 30:22-33 The Incense 30:34-38 Oholiab and Bezalel 31:1-11 The Sabbath Sign 31:12-18 The Golden Calf 32:1-33:6 The Tent of Meeting 33:7-11 Moses’ Intercession and God’s Glory 33:12-23 New Tablets and Covenant 34:1-28 The Shining Face of Moses 34:29-35 Sabbath Regulations 35:1-3 Freewill Offerings for the Tabernacle 35:4-29 Bezalel and Oholiab Set Apart 35:30-36:7 Making the Tabernacle 36:8-38 Making the Ark 37:1-9 Making the Table 37:10-16 Making the Lampstand 37:17-24 Making the Altar of Incense 37:25-29 Making the Bronze Altar 38:1-7 Making the Bronze Basin 38:8 Making the Court 38:9-20 Materials of the Tabernacle 38:21-31 Making the Priests’ Garments 39:1 The Ephod Made 39:2-7 The Breastpiece Made 39:8-21 Other Garments Made 39:22-31 The Work Completed 39:32-43 The Tabernacle Erected 40:1-33 The Glory Fills the Tabernacle 40:34-38

Numbers

The Census of Israel 1:1-54 Arrangement of the Camp 2:1-34 The Levites’ Duties 3:1-51 Kohathites’ Service 4:1-20 Gershonites’ Service 4:21-28 Merarites’ Service 4:29-33 Census of the Levites 4:34-49 Unclean Removed from Camp 5:1-4 Restitution for Wrongs 5:5-10 The Test for Adultery 5:11-31 The Nazirite Vow 6:1-21 The Priestly Blessing 6:22-27 Offerings of the Leaders 7:1-89 The Lamps 8:1-4 The Levites Consecrated 8:5-26 The Passover Celebrated 9:1-14 The Cloud Over the Tabernacle 9:15-23 The Silver Trumpets 10:1-10 Departure from Sinai 10:11-36 Complaint and Quail; Seventy Elders 11:1-35 Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses 12:1-16 Spies Sent into Canaan 13:1-25 Report of the Spies 13:26-33 The People Rebel 14:1-45 Offerings and Firstfruits 15:1-21 Unintentional Sin and Presumptuous Sin 15:22-31 The Sabbath-Breaker 15:32-36 Tassels on Garments 15:37-41 Korah’s Rebellion 16:1-50 Aaron’s Staff Buds 17:1-13 Priests’ and Levites’ Duties 18:1-7 Portions for Priests and Levites 18:8-32 The Red Heifer 19:1-22 Water from the Rock at Meribah 20:1-13 Edom Refuses Passage 20:14-21 Aaron’s Death 20:22-29 Arad Defeated 21:1-3 The Bronze Serpent 21:4-9 Journeys in the Wilderness 21:10-20 Victories over Sihon and Og 21:21-35 Balaam Summoned 22:1-20 Balaam’s Donkey and the Angel 22:21-41 Balaam’s First Oracle 23:1-12 Balaam’s Second Oracle 23:13-26 Balaam’s Third Oracle 23:27-24:14 The Star out of Jacob 24:15-19 Balaam’s Final Sayings 24:20-25 Baal of Peor and Phinehas 25:1-18 The Second Census 26:1-65 Daughters of Zelophehad 27:1-11 Joshua Appointed 27:12-23 Daily Offerings 28:1-8 Sabbath Offerings 28:9-10 Monthly Offerings 28:11-15 Passover Offerings 28:16-25 Weeks (Firstfruits) Offerings 28:26-31 Trumpets Offerings 29:1-6 Day of Atonement Offerings 29:7-11 Booths Offerings 29:12-40 Vows 30:1-16 War with Midian—Spoils 31:1-24 Division of the Spoils 31:25-54 Reuben, Gad, and Half-Manasseh 32:1-42 Stages of Israel’s Journey 33:1-56 Boundaries of the Land 34:1-29 Levitical Cities 35:1-5 Cities of Refuge 35:6-34 Marriage of Zelophehad’s Daughters 36:1-13

Deuteronomy

Preamble and Setting 1:1-8 Leaders Appointed 1:9-18 Spies Sent 1:19-25 Rebellion and Judgment 1:26-46 Journey Through Edom, Moab, Ammon 2:1-23 Victory over Sihon 2:24-37 Victory over Og 3:1-11 Allotment East of Jordan 3:12-20 Moses Forbidden to Enter 3:21-29 Call to Obey 4:1-14 No Idols 4:15-31 The LORD Alone Is God 4:32-40 Cities of Refuge East 4:41-43 Introduction to the Law 4:44-49 The Ten Commandments Rehearsed 5:1-33 The Shema and Instruction 6:1-25 Warning Against the Nations 7:1-26 Do Not Forget the LORD 8:1-20 Not for Your Righteousness 9:1-6 Israel’s Rebellions Recounted 9:7-29 New Tablets; Ark 10:1-11 Fear the LORD 10:12-22 Love, Obey, Choose 11:1-32 The Place of Worship 12:1-32 False Prophets and Idolatry 13:1-18 Clean and Unclean Foods 14:1-21 Tithes 14:22-29 Sabbatical Year 15:1-11 Hebrew Slaves 15:12-18 Firstborn Animals 15:19-23 Passover 16:1-8 Weeks 16:9-12 Booths 16:13-17 Justice 16:18-20 Forbidden Worship 16:21-17:7 Difficult Cases 17:8-13 Laws for the King 17:14-20 Provision for Levites 18:1-8 Abominable Practices 18:9-13 A Prophet Like Moses 18:14-22 Cities of Refuge 19:1-14 Witnesses and Penalties 19:15-21 Rules for War 20:1-20 Unsolved Murder 21:1-9 Wives from War 21:10-14 Rights of the Firstborn 21:15-17 Rebellious Son 21:18-21 Various Laws 21:22-22:12 Laws of Chastity 22:13-30 Assembly Exclusions 23:1-8 Camp Purity 23:9-14 Various Laws Continued 23:15-25:19 Firstfruits and Tithes Confession 26:1-15 You Are the LORD’s People 26:16-19 Law on Stones and Altar 27:1-8 Curses Pronounced 27:9-26 Blessings for Obedience 28:1-14 Curses for Disobedience 28:15-68 Renewal in Moab 29:1-29 Choose Life 30:1-20 Joshua Commissioned 31:1-8 Public Reading of the Law 31:9-13 Moses’ Warning of Apostasy 31:14-29 The Song of Moses 31:30-32:47 Moses to Die on Nebo 32:48-52 Moses Blesses Israel 33:1-29 The Death of Moses 34:1-12

Joshua

Joshua Commissioned and Encouraged 1:1-18 Rahab Protects the Spies 2:1-24 Crossing the Jordan and Memorial Stones 3:1-4:24 Renewal at Gilgal: Circumcision and Passover 5:1-12 The Commander Appears and the Fall of Jericho 5:13-6:27 Defeat at Ai and Achan's Sin Revealed 7:1-26 The Capture and Destruction of Ai 8:1-29 Altar on Mount Ebal and the Law Proclaimed 8:30-35 The Gibeonite Deception and Treaty 9:1-27 Victory at Gibeon and the Long Day 10:1-15 Capture and Execution of the Five Kings 10:16-28 The Southern Campaign and Conquest of Cities 10:29-43 Defeat of the Northern Coalition and Hazor Destroyed 11:1-23 Lists of Kings Defeated East and West of the Jordan 12:1-24 Land Remaining to Be Possessed 13:1-7 Allotments East of the Jordan 13:8-33 Procedure for Distributing the Land and Levitical Cities 14:1-5 Caleb's Claim and Inheritance of Hebron 14:6-15 Boundaries and Towns of Judah 15:1-63 Ephraim and West Manasseh: Boundaries and Claims 16:1-17:18 Shiloh Established and the Land Surveyed 18:1-10 Territory and Towns of Benjamin 18:11-28 Territory of Simeon 19:1-9 Territory of Zebulun 19:10-16 Territory of Issachar 19:17-23 Territory of Asher 19:24-31 Territory of Naphtali 19:32-39 Territory of Dan 19:40-48 Completion of the Allotments and Joshua's Inheritance 19:49-51 Cities of Refuge Established 20:1-9 Levitical Cities and Their Holdings 21:1-45 The Eastern Tribes' Altar and the Reconciliation 22:1-34 Joshua's Farewell Exhortation and Warning 23:1-16 Renewal of the Covenant at Shechem 24:1-27 Death and Burial of Joshua and Eleazar 24:28-33

1 Samuel

Hannah's Prayer for a Son 1:1-20 Hannah Presents Samuel to the Lord 1:21-28 Hannah's Song of Praise 2:1-11 Eli's Corrupt Sons and Samuel's Childhood 2:12-26 Prophecy of Judgment on Eli's House 2:27-36 Samuel's Call and the Lord's Word to Eli 3:1-4:1 Israel Defeated and the Ark Captured 4:2-11 Eli's Death and the Birth of Ichabod 4:12-22 The Ark Brings Judgment in Philistine Cities 5:1-12 The Ark Returned to Israel 6:1-7:1 Samuel Judges Israel and Delivers Them at Mizpah 7:2-17 Israel Demands a King 8:1-22 Saul Chosen and Given Signs 9:1-10:8 Saul Proclaimed King by Lot 10:9-27 Saul's Victory at Jabesh-Gilead 11:1-11 Saul Confirmed as King at Gilgal 11:12-15 Samuel's Farewell and Exhortation to Israel 12:1-25 Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice and Rebuke 13:1-15 Philistine Pressure and Israel's Lack of Arms 13:16-22 Jonathan's Bold Assault and Victory 13:23-14:14 Saul's Rash Oath and Its Consequences 14:15-23 Saul's Pursuit and Jonathan's Exploits 14:24-48 Saul's Family and Mighty Men 14:49-52 Saul's Disobedience and Rejection as King 15:1-35 David Anointed by Samuel 16:1-13 David Serves Saul and Eases His Torment 16:14-23 David and Goliath 17:1-58 David's Rise and Saul's Jealousy 18:1-30 Saul's Attempts on David's Life and Jonathan's Intervention 19:1-24 David and Jonathan's Covenant 20:1-42 David at Nob: Bread and Goliath's Sword 21:1-9 David Feigns Madness at Gath 21:10-15 David Gathers Followers and Seeks Priestly Aid 22:1-5 Massacre at Nob and Abiathar Joins David 22:6-23 David Delivers Keilah and Inquires of God 23:1-6 Saul's Pursuit, Ziphite Betrayal, and David's Escape 23:7-29 David Spares Saul in a Cave 24:1-22 Nabal's Folly and Abigail's Intervention 25:1-44 David Again Spares Saul in His Camp 26:1-25 David Seeks Refuge with Achish 27:1-12 Saul and the Witch of Endor 28:1-25 The Philistines Reject David 29:1-11 David Recovers His Family and Defeats the Amalekites 30:1-31 The Death of Saul and His Sons 31:1-13

2 Samuel

An Amalekite Reports Saul and Jonathan's Death 1:1-16 David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan 1:17-27 David Anointed King of Judah at Hebron 2:1-7 Ish‑Bosheth Made King; Civil War with David Begins 2:8-3:5 Abner Seeks Alliance with David 3:6-21 Joab Murders Abner; David's Protest and Mourning 3:22-39 Ish‑Bosheth Assassinated 4:1-12 David Anointed King over All Israel 5:1-5 David Captures Jerusalem and Establishes His House 5:6-16 David's Victories over the Philistines 5:17-25 Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem; Uzzah's Death and David's Joy 6:1-23 God's Covenant with David 7:1-17 David's Prayer of Thanksgiving for God's Promise 7:18-29 David's Military Victories 8:1-14 David's Officials and Mighty Men 8:15-18 David Shows Kindness to Mephibosheth 9:1-13 War with the Ammonites and Syrians 10:1-19 David and Bathsheba; the Death of Uriah 11:1-27 Nathan Rebukes David; Judgment and Aftermath 12:1-31 Amnon's Crime against Tamar 13:1-22 Absalom Kills Amnon and Flees 13:23-39 Joab Secures Absalom's Return and Reconciliation 14:1-33 Absalom's Conspiracy and Rise to Power 15:1-12 David Flees Jerusalem; Loyal Followers Accompany Him 15:13-37 Ziba Brings Provisions to David 16:1-4 Shimei Curses David as He Flees 16:5-14 Counsel in Absalom's Court; Ahithophel's Plan and Hushai's Counterplot 16:15-17:29 Battle in the Forest of Ephraim and Absalom's Death 18:1-18 Reports of Victory and David's Grief for Absalom 18:19-19:8 David's Return to Jerusalem; Reconciliation and Disputes 19:9-43 Sheba's Revolt and Its Suppression 20:1-26 Famine and the Gibeonites' Demand; Saul's Descendants Executed 21:1-14 David's Battles with the Philistines and the Valor of His Men 21:15-22 David's Song of Deliverance 22:1-51 David's Final Oracle 23:1-7 The Deeds of David's Mighty Warriors 23:8-39 David's Census and the Resulting Plague 24:1-17 David Purchases the Threshing Floor; Sacrifice and End of Plague 24:18-25

1 Kings

Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Throne 1:1-27 Solomon Anointed King 1:28-53 David's Charge to Solomon and Death 2:1-12 Solomon Consolidates His Power 2:13-46 Solomon's Request for Wisdom 3:1-15 Solomon's Wise Judgment 3:16-28 Solomon's Officials and Administrative Order 4:1-19 The Wealth and Prosperity of Israel 4:20-28 Solomon's Wisdom and Fame 4:29-34 Alliances and Preparations for the Temple 5:1-18 Solomon Builds the Temple 6:1-38 Solomon's Palace and Structural Works 7:1-12 Temple Furnishings and the Work of Hiram 7:13-51 The Ark Brought into the Temple 8:1-21 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication 8:22-61 The Dedication Celebrated with Sacrifice 8:62-66 God's Promise and Warning to Solomon 9:1-9 Solomon's Building Projects and Trade 9:10-28 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 10:1-13 The Wealth and Splendor of Solomon's Reign 10:14-29 Solomon's Foreign Wives and Apostasy 11:1-13 Adversaries Raised Against Solomon 11:14-25 Jeroboam's Call and the Promise of Division 11:26-40 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 11:41-43 Rehoboam's Folly and the Kingdom Divides 12:1-24 Jeroboam Establishes Golden Calves 12:25-33 Prophetic Rebuke at Bethel and Deception 13:1-34 Ahijah's Prophecy Against Jeroboam 14:1-20 Rehoboam's Unfaithfulness and Shishak's Invasion 14:21-31 Abijam's Short Reign in Judah 15:1-8 Asa's Reforms and Early Reign 15:9-24 Nadab's Reign and Baasha's Conspiracy 15:25-32 Baasha's Reign and Jehu's Prophecy 15:33-16:7 Elah Assassinated and Zimri's Usurpation 16:8-14 Zimri's Suicide and Omri's Rise to Power 16:15-20 Omri Establishes Samaria as Capital 16:21-28 Ahab and Jezebel Introduce Baal Worship 16:29-34 Elijah Announces the Drought and Is Fed by Ravens 17:1-6 Elijah in Zarephath: Provision and Resurrection 17:7-24 Elijah Confronts Ahab and Prepares for Confrontation 18:1-15 Elijah on Mount Carmel and the Fall of Baal's Prophets 18:16-46 Elijah Flees to Horeb and Is Renewed 19:1-9 God's Response to Elijah and New Commissions 19:10-18 The Call of Elisha 19:19-21 Ben‑hadad Besieges Samaria; Israel's Defiant Response 20:1-12 Israel's Victories Over Aram and Ahab's Mercy 20:13-34 A Prophet Enacts Judgment on the King 20:35-43 Naboth's Vineyard: Ahab and Jezebel's Crime and Punishment 21:1-29 Ahab and Jehoshaphat Seek Counsel; Micaiah's True Prophecy 22:1-28 Ahab Dies at Ramoth‑Gilead 22:29-40 Jehoshaphat's Reign in Judah 22:41-50 Ahaziah Succeeds Ahab and Does Evil 22:51-53

2 Kings

Ahaziah Seeks Counsel and Elijah’s Judgment 1:1-18 Elijah Taken Up; Elisha Succeeds 2:1-18 Elisha Purifies Jericho’s Water 2:19-22 Mockers of Elisha Mauled by Bears 2:23-25 Alliance Against Moab and Elisha’s Miracle 3:1-27 The Widow’s Oil Multiplied 4:1-7 Elisha Restores the Shunammite’s Son 4:8-37 Poisoned Stew Made Safe 4:38-41 Elisha Feeds a Hundred Men 4:42-44 Naaman Healed of Leprosy and Gehazi’s Greed 5:1-27 The Floating Axe Head 6:1-7 Elisha Foils the Aramean Raid 6:8-23 Famine Besieges Samaria 6:24-7:2 Arameans Flee; Samaria’s Deliverance 7:3-20 The Shunammite Restored to Her Land 8:1-6 Elisha Foretells Hazael’s Rise 8:7-15 Jehoram’s Reign in Israel 8:16-24 Ahaziah of Judah Ascends the Throne 8:25-29 Anointing of Jehu as King 9:1-13 Jehu Slays Joram and the House of Ahab 9:14-29 The Death of Jezebel 9:30-37 Jehu Executes Ahab’s Kin at Jezreel 10:1-17 Jehu Destroys Baal Worship 10:18-36 Joash Crowned; Athaliah Overthrown 11:1-21 Joash Repairs the Temple 12:1-21 Jehoahaz of Israel and Aramean Oppression 13:1-9 Jehoash of Israel and Elisha’s Final Acts 13:10-25 Amaziah of Judah: Victory and Pride 14:1-22 Jeroboam II Restores Israel’s Borders 14:23-29 Azariah (Uzziah) King of Judah 15:1-7 Zechariah’s Short Reign and Assassination 15:8-12 Shallum’s Brief Usurpation and Murder 15:13-16 Menahem’s Reign and Tribute to Assyria 15:17-22 Pekahiah Murdered; Pekah’s Conspiracy 15:23-26 Pekah Rules and Wars with Judah 15:27-31 Jotham King of Judah 15:32-38 Ahaz’s Reign and Submission to Assyria 16:1-20 Fall of Samaria and Israel’s Exile 17:1-6 Reasons for Israel’s Exile 17:7-23 Resettling Samaria and Syncretistic Worship 17:24-41 Hezekiah’s Reforms and Fortifications 18:1-16 Rabshakeh’s Taunts before Jerusalem 18:17-37 Hezekiah’s Plea and Isaiah’s Prophecy 19:1-13 Hezekiah’s Prayer of Surrender 19:14-19 The LORD Delivers Jerusalem from Sennacherib 19:20-37 Hezekiah’s Illness, Recovery, and the Sign 20:1-11 Hezekiah’s Pride and a Warning about Babylon 20:12-21 Manasseh’s Long, Wicked Reign 21:1-18 Amon’s Short Reign and Assassination 21:19-26 Josiah Finds the Book of the Law and Reforms 22:1-20 Josiah’s Covenant Renewal and Passover 23:1-30 Jehoahaz Deposed; Jehoiakim Installed by Egypt 23:31-35 Jehoiakim’s Reign and Babylonian Pressure 23:36-24:7 Jehoiachin’s Brief Reign and First Exile 24:8-17 Zedekiah Appointed as Babylon’s Vassal 24:18-19 Siege and Fall of Jerusalem; Destruction and Exile 24:20-25:26 Jehoiachin Released from Babylonian Prison 25:27-30

1 Chronicles

Genealogies from Adam to Abraham 1:1-27 The Descendants of Abraham 1:28-34 The Edomite Genealogies (Esau and Seir) 1:35-54 The Sons of Israel 2:1-2 The Genealogy and Families of Judah 2:3-55 David’s Descendants and the Royal Line 3:1-24 Judahite Families and Notable Descendants 4:1-23 The Families and Settlements of Simeon 4:24-43 Transjordanian Tribes and Their Chiefs 5:1-10 Wars and Settlements East of the Jordan 5:11-22 Loss of Territory and Exile East of the Jordan 5:23-26 The Levites: Genealogy and Temple Service 6:1-81 The Tribe of Issachar 7:1-5 A Register of Benjamin’s Households 7:6-12 A Brief Genealogical Note 7:13 The Tribe of Naphtali 7:14-19 The Tribe of Manasseh 7:20-29 The Tribe of Ephraim 7:30-40 The Genealogy of Benjamin (including Saul’s Line) 8:1-9:1 Resettlement of Jerusalem: Residents and Officials 9:2-34 Gatekeepers and Temple Servants in Jerusalem 9:35-44 The Death of Saul and the End of His House 10:1-14 David Anointed King over Israel 11:1-3 David Captures Jerusalem (Zion) 11:4-9 David’s Mighty Men and Warriors 11:10-47 Those Who Came to David at Hebron (Judah’s Support) 12:1-22 Israel’s Warriors Join David at Hebron 12:23-40 Bringing the Ark: Preparations and Uzzah’s Death 13:1-14 David’s Household and Philistine Submission 14:1-7 David’s Victories over the Philistines 14:8-17 Preparations for Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem 15:1-16:6 David Institutes Worship and a Song of Praise 16:7-43 God’s Covenant with David (Nathan’s Oracle) 17:1-15 David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Covenant 17:16-27 David’s Military Victories and Tribute 18:1-13 David’s Officials and the Spoils of War 18:14-17 War with the Ammonites and Their Allies 19:1-19 The Campaign against Rabbah (Ammon) 20:1-3 Defeat of the Philistines and Their Champions 20:4-8 David’s Census, Plague, and Purchase of the Temple Site 21:1-22:1 David’s Preparations and Instructions for Solomon 22:2-19 David Organizes the Levites 23:1-6 Levitical Families and Their Heads 23:7-11 Age Regulations and Duties of the Levites 23:12-20 Assignments of Levites: Singers, Gatekeepers, Treasurers 23:21-32 Divisions of the Priests into Twenty‑Four Courses 24:1-19 Priestly Families and Their Cities 24:20-31 The Levitical Musicians and Their Organization 25:1-31 Gatekeepers and Their Lineages 26:1-19 Officials Responsible for Treasuries and Records 26:20-32 Military Divisions and Their Commanders 27:1-15 David’s Civil Officials and Overseers 27:16-24 Heads of the King’s Household and Provisions 27:25-34 David’s Charge to Solomon and the Temple Plan 28:1-21 The Nation’s Offerings for the Temple 29:1-9 David’s Prayer of Praise and Blessing for Solomon 29:10-20 David’s Final Acts and Organization of the Kingdom 29:21-25 The Death of David and Solomon’s Accession 29:26-30

2 Chronicles

Solomon's Sacrifice at Gibeon and Prayer for Wisdom 1:1-17 Solomon Secures Materials and Craftsmen for the Temple 2:1-18 The Temple: Foundation and Structure 3:1-17 Temple Furnishings and Completion of the Work 4:1-5:1 The Ark Installed and Solomon's Dedication Prayer 5:2-6:11 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication and God's Assurance 6:12-42 The Lord Fills the Temple and the Dedication Festival 7:1-10 God Appears to Solomon and Gives a Conditional Promise 7:11-22 Solomon's Other Buildings and Relations with Hiram 8:1-18 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 9:1-12 Solomon's Wealth, Trade, and Administration 9:13-28 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 9:29-31 Rehoboam's Folly and the Division of the Kingdom 10:1-11:4 Rehoboam Fortifies Judah and Consolidates Support 11:5-17 Rehoboam's Descendants and Death 11:18-23 Shishak's Invasion and Judah's Loss 12:1-16 Abijah's Victory over Israel and His Death 13:1-14:1 Asa's Reforms and Victory over Ethiopia 14:2-15 Asa Strengthened by Prophecy and Covenant Renewal 15:1-19 Asa's Alliance with Aram and Reproof by Hanani 16:1-14 Jehoshaphat Strengthens Judah and Reforms Justice 17:1-19 Jehoshaphat's Alliance with Ahab and the Battle at Ramoth-gilead 18:1-27 Jehu Rebukes Jehoshaphat for the Alliance with Ahab 18:28-19:3 Judicial Reforms: Judges Appointed to Administer Justice 19:4-11 Jehoshaphat's Deliverance through Prayer and Praise 20:1-30 End of Jehoshaphat's Reign and Jehoram's Accession 20:31-21:3 Jehoram's Wicked Reign, Revolts, and Judgment 21:4-20 Ahaziah Succeeds His Father and Is Wounded 22:1-9 Athaliah's Usurpation Overthrown and Joash Crowned 22:10-23:21 Joash's Temple Restoration under Jehoiada 24:1-16 Joash's Apostasy, Punishment, and Assassination 24:17-27 Amaziah's Reign: Victory, Pride, and Defeat by Israel 25:1-28 Uzziah's Prosperity and Pride; Leprosy for Presumption 26:1-23 Jotham's Reign: Fortifications and Prosperity 27:1-9 Ahaz's Idolatry, Defeats, and Assyrian Subjugation 28:1-27 Hezekiah's Temple Restoration and Religious Reforms 29:1-36 Hezekiah's Passover and National Repentance 30:1-31:1 Hezekiah's Religious Administration and Temple Support 31:2-21 Hezekiah's Defense Against Sennacherib and Divine Deliverance 32:1-23 Hezekiah's Illness, Pride, and the Babylonian Envoys 32:24-33 Manasseh's Idolatry, Captivity, Repentance, and Restoration 33:1-20 Amon's Wicked Reign and Assassination 33:21-25 Josiah's Early Reforms and Temple Repair 34:1-13 The Book of the Law Found, Huldah's Prophecy, and Josiah's Covenant 34:14-33 Josiah's Observance of the Passover 35:1-19 Josiah Killed at Megiddo and National Mourning 35:20-36:1 Jehoahaz Reigns Briefly and Is Deposed by Pharaoh 36:2-4 Jehoiakim's Reign and Disobedience 36:5-8 Jehoiachin's Short Reign and Exile to Babylon 36:9-10 Zedekiah's Reign and Rejection of Prophetic Warnings 36:11-14 Judgment, Exile, and the Decree of Cyrus 36:15-23

Psalm

Psalms 1–2 1:1-2:12 Psalms 3–8 3:1-8 Psalms 4–8 4:1-8 Psalms 5–12 5:1-12 Psalms 6–10 6:1-10 Psalms 7–17 7:1-17 Psalms 8–9 8:1-9 Psalms 9–10 9:1-10:18 Psalms 11–7 11:1-7 Psalms 12–8 12:1-8 Psalms 13–6 13:1-6 Psalms 14–7 14:1-7 Psalms 15–5 15:1-5 Psalms 16–11 16:1-11 Psalms 17–15 17:1-15 Psalms 18–50 18:1-50 Psalms 19–14 19:1-14 Psalms 20–9 20:1-9 Psalms 21–13 21:1-13 Psalms 22–31 22:1-31 Psalms 23–6 23:1-6 Psalms 24–10 24:1-10 Psalms 25–22 25:1-22 Psalms 26–12 26:1-12 Psalms 27–14 27:1-14 Psalms 28–9 28:1-9 Psalms 29–11 29:1-11 Psalms 30–12 30:1-12 Psalms 31–24 31:1-24 Psalms 32–33 32:1-33:22 Psalms 34–22 34:1-22 Psalms 35–28 35:1-28 Psalms 36–12 36:1-12 Psalms 37–40 37:1-40 Psalms 38–22 38:1-22 Psalms 39–13 39:1-13 Psalms 40–17 40:1-17 Psalms 41–13 41:1-13 Psalms 42–43 42:1-43:5 Psalms 44–26 44:1-26 Psalms 45–17 45:1-17 Psalms 46–11 46:1-11 Psalms 47–9 47:1-9 Psalms 48–14 48:1-14 Psalms 49–20 49:1-20 Psalms 50–23 50:1-23 Psalms 51–19 51:1-19 Psalms 52–9 52:1-9 Psalms 53–6 53:1-6 Psalms 54–7 54:1-7 Psalms 55–23 55:1-23 Psalms 56–13 56:1-13 Psalms 57–11 57:1-11 Psalms 58–11 58:1-11 Psalms 59–17 59:1-17 Psalms 60–12 60:1-12 Psalms 61–8 61:1-8 Psalms 62–12 62:1-12 Psalms 63–11 63:1-11 Psalms 64–10 64:1-10 Psalms 65–13 65:1-13 Psalms 66–20 66:1-20 Psalms 67–7 67:1-7 Psalms 68–35 68:1-35 Psalms 69–36 69:1-36 Psalms 70–71 70:1-71:24 Psalms 72–20 72:1-20 Psalms 73–28 73:1-28 Psalms 74–23 74:1-23 Psalms 75–10 75:1-10 Psalms 76–12 76:1-12 Psalms 77–20 77:1-20 Psalms 78–72 78:1-72 Psalms 79–13 79:1-13 Psalms 80–19 80:1-19 Psalms 81–16 81:1-16 Psalms 82–8 82:1-8 Psalms 83–18 83:1-18 Psalms 84–12 84:1-12 Psalms 85–13 85:1-13 Psalms 86–17 86:1-17 Psalms 87–7 87:1-7 Psalms 88–18 88:1-18 Psalms 89–52 89:1-52 Psalms 90–91 90:1-91:16 Psalms 92–97 92:1-97:12 Psalms 98–99 98:1-99:9 Psalms 100–5 100:1-5 Psalms 101–8 101:1-8 Psalms 102–28 102:1-28 Psalms 103–106 103:1-106:48 Psalms 107–43 107:1-43 Psalms 108–13 108:1-13 Psalms 109–31 109:1-31 Psalms 110–118 110:1-118:29 Psalms 119–8 119:1-8 Psalms 119–16 119:9-16 Psalms 119–24 119:17-24 Psalms 119–32 119:25-32 Psalms 119–40 119:33-40 Psalms 119–48 119:41-48 Psalms 119–56 119:49-56 Psalms 119–64 119:57-64 Psalms 119–72 119:65-72 Psalms 119–80 119:73-80 Psalms 119–88 119:81-88 Psalms 119–176 119:89-176 Psalms 119–104 119:96-104 Psalms 119–112 119:105-112 Psalms 119–120 119:113-120 Psalms 119–128 119:121-128 Psalms 119–136 119:129-136 Psalms 119–144 119:137-144 Psalms 119–152 119:145-152 Psalms 119–160 119:153-160 Psalms 119–168 119:161-168 Psalms 119–176 119:169-176 Psalms 120–7 120:1-7 Psalms 121–8 121:1-8 Psalms 122–9 122:1-9 Psalms 123–4 123:1-4 Psalms 124–8 124:1-8 Psalms 125–5 125:1-5 Psalms 126–6 126:1-6 Psalms 127–5 127:1-5 Psalms 128–6 128:1-6 Psalms 129–8 129:1-8 Psalms 130–8 130:1-8 Psalms 131–3 131:1-3 Psalms 132–18 132:1-18 Psalms 133–3 133:1-3 Psalms 134–137 134:1-137:9 Psalms 138–8 138:1-8 Psalms 139–24 139:1-24 Psalms 140–13 140:1-13 Psalms 141–10 141:1-10 Psalms 142–7 142:1-7 Psalms 143–12 143:1-12 Psalms 144–15 144:1-15 Psalms 145–150 145:1-150:6

Proverbs

Introduction: The Purpose of Proverbs and the Fear of the Lord 1:1-7 Warning Against Enticement by Sinners 1:8-19 Wisdom's Public Call and the Folly of Rejection 1:20-33 The Value of Wisdom and Its Protection 2:1-22 Trusting God and Walking in Wisdom 3:1-35 A Father's Exhortation to Hold Fast to Wisdom 4:1-27 Warning Against Adultery and a Call to Fidelity 5:1-23 Warnings: Surety, Laziness, and Wickedness 6:1-19 Obey Parental Commands and the Dangers of Adultery 6:20-35 The Example of a Young Man Seduced 7:1-27 Wisdom's Proclamation and Blessings 8:1-36 Contrasting Invitations of Wisdom and Folly 9:1-18 Solomon's Proverbs: Contrasts of Righteousness and Folly 10:1-32 Proverbs on Justice, Integrity, and Righteous Living 11:1-31 Wise Conduct, Diligence, and Righteous Speech 12:1-28 Discipline, Wealth, and the Wise Child 13:1-25 Sayings on Wisdom, Folly, and the Fear of the Lord 14:1-35 The Power of Speech and the Benefits of Wisdom 15:1-33 God's Sovereignty Over Human Plans 16:1-33 Relations and Righteousness: Peace, Speech, and Integrity 17:1-28 The Power of Words and the Nature of Companionship 18:1-24 Advice on Wealth, Conduct, and Discipline 19:1-29 Counsel, Justice, and Warnings Against Excess 20:1-30 Divine Sovereignty, Justice, and the King's Role 21:1-31 Reputation, Generosity, and Child Discipline 22:1-16 Sayings of the Wise: Practical Moral Instruction 22:17-24:34 Solomon's Proverbs on Restraint and Leadership 25:1-28 Folly and Foolish Behavior in Speech and Deeds 26:1-28 Friendship, Counsel, and Practical Wisdom for Life 27:1-27 Justice, Righteousness, and the Results of Rebellion 28:1-28 Discipline, Leadership, and Social Order 29:1-27 The Sayings of Agur: Humility and Observations 30:1-33 Advice to King Lemuel and the Virtuous Woman 31:1-31

Isaiah

Judah's Rebellion and Call to Repentance 1:1-31 The Mountain of the Lord and the Nations' Hope 2:1-6 Judgment on Arrogance and Idolatry 2:7-22 Judgment on Jerusalem's Leaders and Social Order 3:1-4:1 The Branch and the Renewal of Zion 4:2-6 The Song of the Vineyard: Israel's Failure 5:1-7 Woes to Israel and Coming Judgment 5:8-30 Isaiah's Vision and Commission 6:1-13 Ahaz, the Immanuel Sign, and Invasion 7:1-25 The Sign of Plunder and a Call to Courage 8:1-10 Trust the Lord, Not Alliances or Diviners 8:11-22 A Child Is Born: Promise of Peace 9:1-7 Israel's Arrogance and Coming Punishment 9:8-10:4 Assyria: Instrument of Judgment and Its Doom 10:5-19 The Remnant and the Fall of Assyria 10:20-34 The Righteous Branch and the Peaceable Kingdom 11:1-16 A Song of Praise for God's Salvation 12:1-6 Babylon's Doom and the Day of the Lord 13:1-14:23 God's Decree: Assyria Overthrown 14:24-27 Oracle Concerning Philistia and Promise to Zion 14:28-32 Lament for Moab 15:1-16:14 Judgment on Damascus and Northern Israel 17:1-14 A Message to Cush (Ethiopia) 18:1-7 Judgment on Egypt and Future Salvation 19:1-25 Isaiah's Sign against Egypt and Cush 20:1-6 Prophecy of Babylon's Fall (The Watchman's Report) 21:1-10 Oracle concerning Dumah: The Night Watchman's Lament 21:11-12 Oracle Against Arabia (Dedan and Kedar) 21:13-17 The Valley of Vision: Jerusalem's Fall and Leadership Change 22:1-25 Tyre's Fall and Future Restoration 23:1-18 The Lord's Universal Judgment and Final Reign 24:1-23 Praise for God's Triumph and Deliverance 25:1-12 Trust in God and Hope for Deliverance 26:1-21 The Slaying of Leviathan and Israel's Restoration 27:1-13 Woe to Ephraim and Judah: Drunkenness and Judgment 28:1-29 Woe to Ariel (Jerusalem) and Promise of Enlightenment 29:1-24 Rebuke for Seeking Egypt's Help; Call to Trust the Lord 30:1-33 Egypt Is No Help; The Lord Will Save Jerusalem 31:1-9 A Righteous King and Just Leadership 32:1-8 Call to Repentance and Promise of Renewal 32:9-20 A Plea for Deliverance and the Lord's Judgment 33:1-24 The Lord's Vengeance on the Nations (Edom) 34:1-17 The Glorious Restoration of the Redeemed 35:1-10 Sennacherib's Siege and Rabshakeh's Taunt 36:1-22 Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah; Rabshakeh's Threat 37:1-13 Hezekiah's Prayer and Isaiah's Assurance 37:14-20 God Delivers Jerusalem and Sennacherib's Defeat 37:21-38 Hezekiah's Illness, Prayer, and Recovery 38:1-22 Babylonian Envoys and the Announcement of Exile 39:1-8 Comfort for Zion and the Majesty of God 40:1-31 God Defends Israel Against the Nations and Idols 41:1-29 The Servant of the Lord: Covenant and Mission 42:1-9 A Call to Praise and God's Guidance for the Blind 42:10-17 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Resulting Judgment 42:18-25 Israel Redeemed: God's Sovereign Deliverer 43:1-13 The Lord Proclaims Redemption and Rebukes Israel 43:14-28 Israel Chosen and Blessed by the Spirit 44:1-5 The Folly of Idols and God's Uniqueness 44:6-23 God the Creator and the Call of Cyrus for Israel's Restoration 44:24-45:25 The God Who Carries and Redeems: Yahweh's Sovereignty over Idols 46:1-13 The Humbling of Babylon the Mistress 47:1-15 Israel's Stubbornness and God's Resolute Purpose 48:1-11 God's Sovereign 'I Am' and Call to Return 48:12-22 The Servant's Commission to Restore Israel and the Nations 49:1-8 Restoration and Promise to Gather Israel 49:9-26 The Servant's Suffering and Israel's Rejection 50:1-11 Comfort for Zion: Remember Abraham; God's Salvation 51:1-16 Awakening of Zion and Proclamation of Salvation 51:17-52:12 The Suffering Servant and Atonement 52:13-53:12 The Exalted Zion: Promise of Restoration and Protection 54:1-17 Invitation to Life and the Power of God's Word 55:1-13 Justice, Inclusion, and Sabbath Observance 56:1-8 Condemnation of Idolatry and Complacency 56:9-57:13 Restoration for the Humble and Promise of Peace 57:14-21 True Fasting: Justice, Mercy, and Sabbath Blessing 58:1-14 Sin's Consequences and God's Redeeming Intervention 59:1-21 The Glory and Gathering of Zion 60:1-22 The Year of the Lord's Favor and Joyful Restoration 61:1-11 Zion's Vindication and New Name 62:1-12 The Lord's Vengeance: Treading the Winepress 63:1-6 Remembering God's Mercy and Plea for Restoration 63:7-64:12 God's Grace to the Faithful and Judgment on the Rebellious 65:1-16 A New Creation: Joy and Peace 65:17-25 The Lord's Final Judgment and the New Creation 66:1-24

Jeremiah

The Call and Commission of Jeremiah 1:1-19 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Call to Repentance 2:1-3:5 Judah's Spiritual Adultery and Call to Return 3:6-4:4 The Coming Calamity on the Land 4:5-31 An Accusation against Jerusalem's Corruption 5:1-31 The Siege and Devastation of Jerusalem 6:1-30 The Temple Sermon: False Security Condemned 7:1-29 Violence and Corruption in the Land 7:30-8:3 Persistent Idolatry and Coming Punishment 8:4-9:26 The Folly of Idols 10:1-16 Judah's Flight and Jeremiah's Lament 10:17-22 A Prayer for Direction and Deliverance 10:23-25 The Broken Covenant and a Public Warning 11:1-17 Conspiracy against Jeremiah and God's Vindication 11:18-23 Jeremiah's Complaint to God 12:1-4 A Call to Endure and Judgment on Nations 12:5-17 The Linen Belt: Symbol of Judah's Humiliation 13:1-11 A Sign of Shame and Pronounced Judgment 13:12-14 A Lament of Shame and Imminent Disaster 13:15-27 Famine, False Prophets, and Divine Judgment 14:1-15:21 Symbolic Acts and the People's Sinfulness 16:1-17:18 Warning about Sabbath Violations 17:19-27 The Potter and the Broken Jar: Judgment on Jerusalem 18:1-19:15 Persecution by Pashhur the Priest 20:1-6 Jeremiah's Lament and Resolve 20:7-18 A Message to the Royal House: Doom for Jerusalem 21:1-14 Judgment on the Kings and Royal House 22:1-30 False Shepherds Condemned and a Righteous Branch Promised 23:1-8 Condemnation of False Prophets 23:9-32 The Lord Rebukes False Oracles 23:33-40 The Two Figs: Exile and Remnant 24:1-10 Seventy Years of Babylonian Dominion 25:1-14 The Cup of God's Wrath on the Nations 25:15-38 Jeremiah's Temple Address, Arrest, and Vindication 26:1-24 The Yoke of Babylon and Call to Submit 27:1-22 Hananiah's False Prophecy and Its Rebuke 28:1-17 Letter to the Exiles: Seek the Welfare of Babylon 29:1-23 Shemaiah's Letter and Its Condemnation 29:24-32 The Book of Comfort: Restoration and the New Covenant 30:1-31:40 Jeremiah Buys a Field: Faith and Hope in Captivity 32:1-44 Promise of Restoration and the Davidic Covenant 33:1-26 Zedekiah's Appeal and Jeremiah's Warning 34:1-7 Breach of Covenant and Punishment for Oppression 34:8-22 The Rechabites' Fidelity as a Rebuke to Judah 35:1-19 Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Words and the Scroll Is Burned 36:1-32 Jeremiah Imprisoned during the Siege of Jerusalem 37:1-21 Jeremiah Cast into a Cistern 38:1-13 Ebed‑Melech Rescues Jeremiah; Zedekiah's Failure 38:14-28 The Fall of Jerusalem and Jeremiah's Release 39:1-18 Gedaliah Appointed Governor and Jeremiah's Choice 40:1-6 Assassination of Gedaliah and the Terror in Judah 40:7-41:15 Rejection of Jeremiah's Counsel and Flight to Egypt 41:16-43:13 The Jews in Egypt: Idolatry and Condemnation 44:1-30 A Word to Baruch: Encouragement and Warning 45:1-5 Oracles against Egypt 46:1-28 Judgment on the Philistines 47:1-7 Judgment on Moab 48:1-47 Judgment on Ammon 49:1-6 Judgment on Edom 49:7-22 Judgment on Damascus and Aram 49:23-27 Destruction of Kedar and the Nomads 49:28-33 Judgment on Elam and Future Restoration 49:34-39 Judgment on Babylon and Its Final Fall 50:1-51:64 The Fall of Jerusalem and Zedekiah's Fate 52:1-30 Jehoiachin's Release from Babylonian Captivity 52:31-34

Ezekiel

The Vision of God's Glory and the Living Creatures 1:1-28 Ezekiel's Commission and the Eating of the Scroll 2:1-3:15 Ezekiel Appointed as Watchman and Made Speechless 3:16-27 Symbolic Acts of Siege and Judgment on Jerusalem 4:1-5:17 Judgment on Israel for Idolatry 6:1-14 The Day of the Lord: Impending Disaster 7:1-27 Visions of Temple Abominations 8:1-18 The Execution of Jerusalem's Wicked and the Marked Few 9:1-11 The Departure of God's Glory from the Temple 10:1-22 Condemnation of Jerusalem's Leaders 11:1-15 The Departure of God's Glory and Promise of Restoration 11:16-25 Signs of Exile and the Futility of False Hopes 12:1-28 Condemnation of False Prophets and Diviners 13:1-23 Elders' Idolatry and Its Consequences 14:1-11 Judgment on Nations and the Limits of Intercession 14:12-23 Jerusalem Portrayed as a Useless Vine 15:1-8 Jerusalem's Infidelity: Shame, Judgment, and Vindication 16:1-63 The Parable of the Two Eagles: Zedekiah's Folly 17:1-24 Individual Responsibility and the Call to Repentance 18:1-32 A Lament for Israel's Princes 19:1-14 Israel's History of Rebellion and Divine Judgment 20:1-29 Punishment for Profane Worship and Promise of Restoration 20:30-44 A Prophecy Against the Mountains of Israel 20:45-49 The Sword of the Lord: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations 21:1-32 Jerusalem's Corruption and the Search for a Righteous Remnant 22:1-31 The Sisters' Harlotry: Samaria and Jerusalem Condemned 23:1-49 The Boiling Pot: Prophecy of Jerusalem's Siege 24:1-14 The Sign of Ezekiel's Wife's Death: Judgment and Changed Lament 24:15-27 Oracle Against Ammon 25:1-7 Oracles Against Moab and Seir 25:8-11 Judgment on the Philistines 25:12-14 Oracle Against Tyre 25:15-17 The Fall of Tyre Foretold 26:1-21 Lamentation for Tyre, the Merchant City 27:1-36 The Pride and Fall of Tyre's Ruler 28:1-19 Judgment on Sidon and Promise of Israel's Security 28:20-26 Egypt's Humiliation and Years of Desolation 29:1-21 The Day of the Lord Against Egypt and Its Allies 30:1-26 Egypt Compared to the Fallen Cedar: Pride and Doom 31:1-18 Lament for Egypt's Collapse and Descent into Sheol 32:1-32 The Watchman's Duty and Personal Responsibility 33:1-20 Report of Jerusalem's Fall and the People's Alarm 33:21-33 Condemnation of Bad Shepherds and Promise of a Good Shepherd 34:1-31 Judgment on Edom for Rejoicing over Israel 35:1-15 Promise of Israel's Restoration and Spiritual Renewal 36:1-38 The Valley of Dry Bones: National Revival 37:1-14 The Two Sticks: Unity of Israel and the Davidic Covenant 37:15-28 The Invasion of Gog and Its Defeat 38:1-39:29 Vision of the Future Temple: Introduction and Commission 40:1-4 Measurements of the Outer Court and Gateways 40:5-16 Courtyard Entrances and Portico Dimensions 40:17-19 Inner Court Entrances and Chambers 40:20-23 Vestibules and Side Entrance Specifications 40:24-27 Details of Inner Chambers and Gate Structure 40:28-37 Porches, Chambers, and Steps of the Temple Court 40:38-43 Priests' Chambers and the Prince's Quarters 40:44-47 The Inner Sanctuary and Holy Place Measurements 40:48-41:26 Priestly Chambers and the Inner Court Layout 42:1-20 The Return of God's Glory to the Temple 43:1-12 Altar Design and Sacrificial Regulations 43:13-27 Temple Gates, Priestly Roles, and Exclusions 44:1-31 Land Allotments and the Prince's Portion 45:1-12 Worship Regulations: Offerings, Festivals, and the Prince 45:13-46:24 The Life-Giving River Flowing from the Temple 47:1-12 Division of the Land and Inheritance Boundaries 47:13-23 Tribal Allotments in the Restored Land 48:1-29 The City Gates and the Name: 'The Lord Is There' 48:30-35

Matthew

The Genealogy of Jesus 1:1-17 The Birth of Jesus Foretold to Joseph 1:18-25 The Visit of the Magi 2:1-12 Flight into Egypt and the Slaughter of the Innocents 2:13-18 Return to Nazareth 2:19-23 John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3:1-12 The Baptism of Jesus 3:13-17 The Temptation of Jesus 4:1-11 Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry 4:12-17 Jesus Calls the First Disciples 4:18-22 Jesus Ministers Throughout Galilee 4:23-25 The Beatitudes 5:1-12 Salt and Light 5:13-16 Jesus and the Law 5:17-20 Teaching on Anger and Reconciliation 5:21-26 Teaching on Adultery and Lust 5:27-30 Teaching on Divorce 5:31-32 Teaching on Oaths and Honesty 5:33-37 Teaching on Retaliation and Generosity 5:38-42 Love Your Enemies 5:43-48 Giving to the Needy in Secret 6:1-4 Prayer and the Lord's Prayer 6:5-15 Teaching on Fasting 6:16-18 Treasures and Serving God 6:19-24 Do Not Worry 6:25-34 Do Not Judge 7:1-6 Ask, Seek, Knock and the Golden Rule 7:7-12 The Narrow and Wide Gates 7:13-14 Recognizing False Prophets 7:15-23 Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders 7:24-29 Jesus Cleanses a Leper 8:1-4 The Faith of the Centurion 8:5-13 Jesus Heals Many and Fulfills Prophecy 8:14-17 The Cost of Discipleship 8:18-22 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:23-27 Healing of Two Demon-Possessed Men 8:28-34 Jesus Heals a Paralytic 9:1-8 Jesus Calls Matthew and Eats with Sinners 9:9-13 Fasting and the New Cloth and Wineskins 9:14-17 A Daughter Restored and a Woman Healed 9:18-26 Two Blind Men Healed and a Mute Man Restored 9:27-34 Jesus' Compassion and the Call for Workers 9:35-38 The Mission of the Twelve 10:1-42 John's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony about John 11:1-19 Woe to Unrepentant Cities 11:20-24 The Father's Revelation and Rest for the Weary 11:25-30 Sabbath Controversies: Grain and Healing 12:1-14 Jesus Heals and Fulfills Isaiah's Prophecy 12:15-21 Accusation, Blasphemy Against the Spirit, and the Heart's Fruit 12:22-37 The Sign of Jonah and the Unclean Spirit 12:38-45 Jesus Redefines Family 12:46-50 The Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 13:1-23 The Parable of the Weeds 13:24-30 The Mustard Seed and the Yeast 13:31-35 Explanation of the Weeds and End-Time Judgment 13:36-43 Treasure and Pearl: The Kingdom's Value 13:44-46 The Net and New and Old Treasures 13:47-52 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 13:53-58 The Execution of John the Baptist 14:1-12 Feeding the Five Thousand 14:13-21 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals Many 14:22-36 Tradition, Purity, and the Canaanite Woman's Faith 15:1-28 Jesus Heals Many and Feeds the Four Thousand 15:29-39 Pharisees Demand a Sign 16:1-4 Warning About the Teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees 16:5-12 Peter's Confession: You Are the Christ 16:13-20 Jesus Foretells His Death and Discipleship 16:21-28 The Transfiguration 17:1-13 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy and a Second Prediction of Death 17:14-23 Payment of the Temple Tax 17:24-27 Humility and Care for Little Ones 18:1-9 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 18:10-14 Church Discipline and Prayer 18:15-20 Forgiveness and the Unforgiving Servant 18:21-35 Marriage, Divorce, and Children 19:1-15 The Rich Young Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 19:16-30 The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard 20:1-16 Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection 20:17-19 Request for Honor and Teaching on Servanthood 20:20-28 Two Blind Men Healed Near Jericho 20:29-34 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 21:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Heals 21:12-17 The Withered Fig Tree and Teaching on Faith 21:18-22 Jesus' Authority Challenged 21:23-27 The Parable of the Two Sons 21:28-32 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 21:33-46 The Parable of the Wedding Banquet 22:1-14 Question about Paying Taxes to Caesar 22:15-22 The Sadducees and the Resurrection 22:23-33 The Greatest Commandment 22:34-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees about the Messiah 22:41-46 Seven Woes on the Scribes and Pharisees 23:1-39 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of the End and the Temple's Destruction 24:1-35 The Olivet Discourse: Watchfulness and Judgment 24:36-51 The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25:1-13 The Parable of the Talents 25:14-30 The Final Judgment: Sheep and Goats 25:31-46 The Plot to Arrest Jesus 26:1-5 The Anointing at Bethany 26:6-13 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus 26:14-16 The Last Supper 26:17-30 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial 26:31-35 Prayer in Gethsemane 26:36-46 The Arrest of Jesus 26:47-56 Jesus Before the Sanhedrin 26:57-68 Peter's Denial and Repentance 26:69-75 Judas' Remorse and Suicide 27:1-10 Jesus Sentenced by Pilate 27:11-26 Jesus Mocked and Scourged 27:27-31 The Crucifixion and Mockery 27:32-44 The Death of Jesus 27:45-56 Jesus Is Buried 27:57-61 The Tomb Secured by the Authorities 27:62-66 The Resurrection: Women at the Tomb 28:1-10 The Guards' Report and the Chief Priests' Lie 28:11-15 The Great Commission 28:16-20

Mark

John the Baptist Prepares the Way 1:1-8 The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus 1:9-13 Jesus Begins His Ministry and Calls the First Disciples 1:14-20 Jesus Teaches with Authority and Casts Out an Unclean Spirit 1:21-28 Healings and Demons Cleansed at Simon's Home 1:29-34 Jesus Prays and Proclaims the Kingdom in Galilee 1:35-39 Healing of a Man with Leprosy 1:40-45 Forgiveness and Healing of a Paralytic 2:1-12 Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 2:13-17 Questions about Fasting; New Cloth and Wineskins 2:18-22 Sabbath Controversies: Grain, Healing, and Plot Against Jesus 2:23-3:6 Great Crowds Follow; Unclean Spirits Acknowledge Jesus 3:7-12 Jesus Appoints the Twelve Apostles 3:13-19 Accusations of Beelzebul and the Parable of the Strong Man 3:20-30 Jesus Redefines True Family 3:31-35 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 4:1-20 A Lamp, Measure, and the Principle of Growth 4:21-25 Parable of the Growing Seed 4:26-29 The Mustard Seed and the Kingdom's Growth 4:30-34 Jesus Calms the Storm 4:35-41 The Gerasene Demoniac Restored 5:1-20 A Woman Healed and Jairus' Daughter Raised 5:21-43 Jesus Rejected in His Hometown 6:1-6 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve 6:7-13 Herod, Herodias, and the Death of John the Baptist 6:14-29 Feeding of the Five Thousand 6:30-44 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals at Gennesaret 6:45-56 Tradition, Inner Purity, and What Truly Defiles 7:1-23 A Gentile Woman's Faith and the Healing at Tyre 7:24-30 Jesus Heals a Deaf Man Who Could Not Speak Clearly 7:31-37 Feeding the Four Thousand and the Pharisees' Demand for a Sign 8:1-13 Beware the Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod 8:14-21 Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida 8:22-26 Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ 8:27-30 Jesus Predicts His Death and Calls Disciples to Take Up the Cross 8:31-9:1 The Transfiguration and the Return of Elijah 9:2-13 Healing of a Boy with an Unclean Spirit; Jesus Predicts His Passion Again 9:14-32 Who Is the Greatest? A Child as the Model of Service 9:33-37 Tolerance for Those Who Serve in Jesus' Name 9:38-41 Warnings about Causing Sin; Exhortations on Salt and Holiness 9:42-50 Jesus' Teaching on Divorce 10:1-12 Jesus Blesses Little Children 10:13-16 The Rich Young Man and the Cost of Discipleship 10:17-31 Jesus Again Predicts His Suffering, Death, and Resurrection 10:32-34 Ambition and Servanthood: The Way of True Greatness 10:35-45 Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus 10:46-52 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 11:1-11 Withered Fig Tree and the Cleansing of the Temple 11:12-19 Faith, Prayer, and the Call to Forgiveness 11:20-26 Religious Leaders Question Jesus' Authority 11:27-33 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 12:1-12 Render to Caesar: Taxes and Allegiance 12:13-17 Sadducees Challenge Resurrection; Jesus Teaches Eternal Life 12:18-27 The Greatest Commandment: Love God and Neighbor 12:28-34 Jesus Questions the Messiah and Warns Against Scribes 12:35-40 The Widow's Offering: True Generosity 12:41-44 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of Destruction and the End 13:1-31 No One Knows the Day: Be Watchful 13:32-37 Plot to Kill Jesus and the Anointing at Bethany 14:1-11 The Passover Meal and Institution of the Lord's Supper 14:12-26 Jesus Predicts the Disciples' Flight and Peter's Denial 14:27-31 Gethsemane: Jesus' Agony and Prayer 14:32-42 The Arrest of Jesus in Gethsemane 14:43-52 Jesus Before the Council 14:53-65 Peter's Denial and His Remorse 14:66-72 Jesus Before Pilate; Barabbas Released 15:1-15 The Soldiers Mock and Scourge Jesus 15:16-20 The Way of the Cross and the Crucifixion 15:21-32 Jesus' Death and the Centurion's Confession 15:33-41 The Burial of Jesus 15:42-47 The Resurrection: Women Find the Empty Tomb 16:1-8 Appearances of the Risen Lord and the Commission 16:9-20

Luke

Purpose and Order of the Gospel 1:1-4 Announcement of John the Baptist's Birth 1:5-25 The Annunciation to Mary 1:26-38 Mary Visits Elizabeth 1:39-45 Mary's Song (The Magnificat) 1:46-56 The Birth and Naming of John 1:57-66 Zechariah's Prophecy and John's Mission 1:67-80 The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem 2:1-7 Angels Announce the Shepherds' Good News 2:8-20 Presentation in the Temple; Simeon and Anna 2:21-40 The Boy Jesus in the Temple 2:41-52 John the Baptist's Call to Repentance 3:1-20 The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus 3:21-38 Jesus Tested in the Wilderness 4:1-13 Rejection at Nazareth 4:14-30 Authority over Unclean Spirits in Capernaum 4:31-37 Healings and Preaching in Galilee 4:38-44 The Call of the First Disciples 5:1-11 Healing a Man with Leprosy 5:12-16 A Paralytic Forgiven and Healed 5:17-26 The Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 5:27-32 Questions about Fasting; New Wine and Old Wineskins 5:33-39 Lord of the Sabbath and a Sabbath Healing 6:1-11 The Appointment of the Twelve Apostles 6:12-16 The Sermon on the Plain: Blessings and Woes 6:17-26 Love Your Enemies and Be Merciful 6:27-36 Judging Others and the Speck and Log 6:37-42 A Tree and Its Fruit: True Character Revealed 6:43-45 The Wise and Foolish Builders 6:46-49 The Faith of the Centurion 7:1-10 Raising the Widow's Son at Nain 7:11-17 John the Baptist's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony 7:18-35 A Sinful Woman Forgiven 7:36-50 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 8:1-15 Lighted Lamp and Hearing the Word 8:16-18 Jesus Redefines His Family 8:19-21 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:22-25 Healing the Gerasene Demoniac 8:26-39 Jairus' Daughter Raised and a Woman Healed 8:40-56 The Twelve Sent Out 9:1-9 Feeding the Five Thousand 9:10-17 Peter's Confession and the Way of the Cross 9:18-27 The Transfiguration 9:28-36 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy; A Second Passion Prediction 9:37-45 Who Is Greatest and a Servant's Ministry 9:46-50 Jesus Resolves for Jerusalem; Samaritan Rejection 9:51-56 The Cost of Discipleship 9:57-62 The Seventy Sent Out and Their Return 10:1-24 The Good Samaritan 10:25-37 Mary and Martha: Choosing the Better Part 10:38-42 The Lord's Prayer and Persistent Prayer 11:1-13 Jesus, Beelzebul, and True Blessedness 11:14-28 Demand for a Sign; Jonah and the Queen of the South 11:29-32 The Light of the Body and Inner Purity 11:33-36 Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers 11:37-54 Warnings against Hypocrisy and Confession before Men 12:1-12 The Parable of the Rich Fool 12:13-21 Do Not Worry; Seek God's Kingdom 12:22-34 Watchfulness and Faithful Stewardship 12:35-48 Division Caused by Christ 12:49-53 Interpreting the Times and Settling with Adversaries 12:54-59 Call to Repentance and the Barren Fig Tree 13:1-9 Healing on the Sabbath and Jesus' Rebuke 13:10-17 Parables of the Mustard Seed and Yeast 13:18-21 The Narrow Door and the Cost of Entry 13:22-30 Jesus Laments over Jerusalem 13:31-35 Healing at a Pharisee's House and Humility at the Table 14:1-14 Parable of the Great Banquet 14:15-24 The Cost of Following Jesus; Salt and Saltiness 14:25-35 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 15:1-7 The Parable of the Lost Coin 15:8-10 The Parable of the Prodigal Son 15:11-32 The Shrewd Manager and Teaching on Wealth 16:1-15 Law, the Kingdom, and Divorce 16:16-18 The Rich Man and Lazarus 16:19-31 Teachings on Temptation, Forgiveness, and Duty 17:1-10 Healing of the Ten Lepers 17:11-19 The Coming of the Kingdom and End-Time Sayings 17:20-37 Parable of the Persistent Widow 18:1-8 Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 18:9-14 Jesus Blesses Little Children 18:15-17 The Rich Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 18:18-30 Jesus Predicts His Death Again 18:31-34 Healing of Blind Bartimaeus 18:35-43 Zacchaeus: Salvation Comes to His House 19:1-10 Parable of the Ten Minas 19:11-27 Triumphal Entry and Lament over Jerusalem 19:28-44 Cleansing the Temple and Teaching 19:45-48 Jesus' Authority Challenged 20:1-8 Parable of the Wicked Tenants 20:9-19 Paying Taxes to Caesar 20:20-26 Question about the Resurrection 20:27-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees; Warnings against Hypocrisy 20:41-47 The Widow's Offering 21:1-4 The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End 21:5-38 The Plot to Kill Jesus and Judas' Agreement 22:1-6 The Last Supper and Predictions of Denial 22:7-38 Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane 22:39-46 Jesus Arrested 22:47-53 Peter's Denial Fulfilled 22:54-62 Jesus Mocked and Beaten 22:63-65 Jesus before the Council and Pilate; Sentencing 22:66-23:25 The Way of the Cross and the Penitent Thief 23:26-43 The Death of Jesus and the Centurion's Confession 23:44-49 The Burial of Jesus 23:50-56 The Empty Tomb and the Women's Report 24:1-12 The Road to Emmaus and Recognition of the Risen Lord 24:13-35 Jesus Appears to the Disciples and Explains Scripture 24:36-49 The Ascension and the Disciples' Worship 24:50-53

John

The Word Became Flesh 1:1-18 John the Baptist's Witness 1:19-28 Behold the Lamb of God 1:29-34 The First Disciples and Simon Peter 1:35-42 Calling of Philip and Nathanael 1:43-51 The Wedding at Cana: Water Made Wine 2:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Speaks of His Body 2:12-25 Nicodemus and the New Birth 3:1-21 John the Baptist Exalts Jesus 3:22-36 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well 4:1-26 The Harvest Is Ready 4:27-38 Samaritans Believe in Jesus 4:39-42 Healing of the Royal Official's Son 4:43-54 Jesus Heals at Bethesda 5:1-15 Jesus Claims Authority Over Life and Judgment 5:16-30 Witnesses to Jesus and Israel's Unbelief 5:31-47 Feeding the Five Thousand 6:1-15 Jesus Walks on the Sea 6:16-24 Jesus the Bread of Life 6:25-59 Many Turn Away; Peter's Confession 6:60-71 Jesus Stays Away from Judea 7:1-13 Jesus Teaches at the Festival 7:14-24 Growing Division Over Jesus 7:25-44 Temple Officers and the Adulterous Woman 7:45-8:11 Jesus the Light and His Claim 8:12-30 True Discipleship and Freedom 8:31-41 Jesus' Divine Origin and Opposition 8:42-47 Jesus' 'I Am' and Preexistence 8:48-59 Healing of a Man Born Blind 9:1-12 Controversy with the Pharisees over the Healing 9:13-34 Spiritual Sight and Blindness 9:35-41 The Good Shepherd and His Sheep 10:1-21 Feast of Dedication and Controversy over Jesus 10:22-42 Lazarus' Sickness and Jesus' Intention 11:1-16 Jesus Weeps at Lazarus' Tomb 11:17-37 Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead 11:38-44 Plot to Kill Jesus and Caiaphas' Counsel 11:45-57 Mary Anoints Jesus; Plot to Kill Lazarus 12:1-11 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 12:12-19 Greeks Seek Jesus; He Predicts His Death 12:20-36 Unbelief and Jesus' Final Appeal 12:37-50 Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13:1-17 The Prediction of Judas' Betrayal 13:18-30 The New Commandment and Peter's Denial 13:31-38 Jesus Promises a Place in the Father's House 14:1-4 Jesus the Way to the Father 14:5-14 Promise of the Holy Spirit and Peace 14:15-31 The Vine and the Command to Love 15:1-17 The World's Hatred and the Cost of Discipleship 15:18-16:4 The Holy Spirit's Work 16:5-16 Sorrow Turned to Joy; Peace in Christ 16:17-33 The Son's Prayer for Glory 17:1-5 Prayer for the Disciples' Protection and Sanctification 17:6-19 Prayer for Unity Among Believers 17:20-26 Jesus Arrested in Gethsemane 18:1-11 Jesus Brought to Annas 18:12-14 Peter's First Denial 18:15-18 Jesus Questioned and Struck Before the High Priest 18:19-24 Peter Denies Jesus Three Times 18:25-27 Jesus Before Pilate 18:28-40 Jesus Scourged, Mocked, and Sentenced to Crucifixion 19:1-16 The Crucifixion and Jesus' Care for His Mother 19:17-27 Jesus' Death and the Fulfillment of Scripture 19:28-37 Jesus' Burial 19:38-42 The Empty Tomb Discovered 20:1-9 Mary Magdalene Meets the Risen Lord 20:10-18 Jesus Appears to His Disciples and Breathes the Spirit 20:19-23 Thomas Believes; Purpose of John's Gospel 20:24-31 The Miraculous Catch and Breakfast by the Sea 21:1-14 Peter Reinstated and the Beloved Disciple 21:15-25

Acts

The Ascension of Jesus 1:1-11 Prayer in the Upper Room and the Choosing of Matthias 1:12-26 Pentecost: The Coming of the Spirit 2:1-13 Peter's Sermon and Three Thousand Converted 2:14-41 The Early Christian Community 2:42-47 Healing at the Beautiful Gate 3:1-10 Peter's Address at Solomon's Colonnade 3:11-26 The Apostles Before the Sanhedrin 4:1-22 Believers Pray for Boldness 4:23-31 The Believers Share Possessions 4:32-37 Ananias and Sapphira 5:1-11 Signs Performed by the Apostles 5:12-16 Persecution of the Apostles and Their Witness 5:17-42 The Appointment of the Seven Deacons 6:1-7 Stephen's Wisdom and Opposition 6:8-15 Stephen's Speech before the Sanhedrin 7:1-53 The Stoning of Stephen and the Persecution of the Church 7:54-8:1 Saul's Persecution Scatters the Church 8:2-3 Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria 8:4-8 Simon Magus and Peter's Rebuke 8:9-25 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch 8:26-40 The Conversion of Saul 9:1-19 Saul's Early Ministry and Acceptance by the Church 9:20-31 Peter Heals Aeneas and Raises Tabitha 9:32-43 Cornelius' Vision and the Call for Peter 10:1-8 Peter's Vision and the Messengers from Cornelius 10:9-23 Peter at Cornelius' House: Gentiles Receive the Spirit 10:24-48 Peter Defends the Conversion of Gentiles 11:1-18 The Church in Antioch and Famine Relief 11:19-30 Herod Executes James; Peter Miraculously Freed 12:1-19 Herod's Death and the Church's Continued Growth 12:20-25 The First Missionary Sending 13:1-3 Ministry in Cyprus and Elymas's Blinding 13:4-12 Paul's Mission in Pisidian Antioch 13:13-52 Paul and Barnabas in Iconium 14:1-7 Healing in Lystra and Paul's Stoning 14:8-20 Paul and Barnabas Strengthen the Churches 14:21-28 The Jerusalem Council on Gentile Circumcision 15:1-21 The Council's Letter and Peace with Antioch 15:22-35 Paul and Barnabas Separate 15:36-41 Timothy Joins Paul and Churches Are Strengthened 16:1-5 The Call to Macedonia 16:6-10 Lydia's Conversion at Philippi 16:11-15 Paul and Silas Imprisoned and Released in Philippi 16:16-40 Preaching in Thessalonica and Opposition 17:1-9 Berea's Noble Reception and Paul's Departure 17:10-15 Paul's Address at the Areopagus 17:16-34 Paul's Ministry in Corinth and Conflict 18:1-17 Paul Departs; Apollos Instructed by Priscilla and Aquila 18:18-28 Paul's Ministry and the Ephesian Disciples 19:1-22 The Ephesian Riot over Artemis 19:23-41 Paul's Journeys Through Macedonia and Greece 20:1-6 Eutychus Raised in Troas 20:7-12 Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders 20:13-38 Paul's Voyage to Jerusalem 21:1-16 Paul's Arrival in Jerusalem and the Temple Ritual 21:17-26 Paul Seized in the Temple 21:27-36 Paul's Defense: His Conversion and Mission 21:37-22:21 Paul's Arrest and the Council's Division 22:22-23:11 The Plot to Kill Paul and the Soldier's Intervention 23:12-22 Paul Escorted to Caesarea under Guard 23:23-35 Paul's Defense before Governor Felix 24:1-27 Paul Brought before Festus and the Jewish Charges 25:1-12 King Agrippa Learns of Paul's Case 25:13-22 Paul's Defense Before Agrippa 25:23-26:32 Paul's Voyage to Rome Begins 27:1-12 The Storm at Sea and God's Promise of Safety 27:13-26 Shipwreck and Deliverance on Malta 27:27-44 Paul on Malta: Healing and Hospitality 28:1-10 Voyage to Rome and Arrival 28:11-16 Paul in Rome: Preaching under House Arrest 28:17-31

Romans

Paul's Greeting and the Gospel's Power 1:1-17 God's Wrath Against Ungodliness 1:18-32 God's Impartial Judgment and Conscience 2:1-16 The Law, True Circumcision, and Jewish Identity 2:17-29 Israel's Advantage and God's Faithfulness 3:1-8 Universal Sinfulness and the Law's Condemnation 3:9-20 Righteousness Through Faith and Justification 3:21-31 Abraham: Justification by Faith 4:1-25 Peace with God and Reconciliation 5:1-11 Adam and Christ: Death, Grace, and Righteousness 5:12-21 Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ 6:1-14 Slavery to Sin or to Righteousness 6:15-23 Released from the Law to Serve in the Spirit 7:1-6 The Inner Conflict: Law, Sin, and the Flesh 7:7-25 Life in the Spirit: Freedom and Adoption 8:1-17 Future Glory and the Spirit's Intercession 8:18-27 Assurance of God's Love: Nothing Can Separate Us 8:28-39 Paul's Sorrow and God's Sovereign Election 9:1-29 Righteousness by Faith and Israel's Unbelief 9:30-10:21 A Remnant Preserved and Israel's Hardening 11:1-10 Gentiles Grafted In and a Warning Against Boasting 11:11-24 The Mystery of Israel's Salvation and God's Mercy 11:25-32 Doxology: Praise for God's Wisdom and Sovereignty 11:33-36 A Living Sacrifice and the Diversity of Gifts 12:1-8 Christian Conduct: Love, Humility, and Ethical Duties 12:9-21 Submission to Authorities and Civic Duty 13:1-7 Love Fulfills the Law; Walk in the Light 13:8-14 Christian Liberty, Conscience, and Mutual Acceptance 14:1-15:13 Paul's Service to the Gentiles and Missionary Ambition 15:14-22 Paul's Travel Plans and Prayer Requests 15:23-33 Personal Greetings, Final Warnings, and Doxology 16:1-27

Revelation

The Revelation Announced and the Blessing 1:1-3 Greeting and the Lord's Self‑Declaration 1:4-8 John's Vision of the Glorified Son of Man 1:9-20 Letter to Ephesus: Faithfulness and the Call to Repent 2:1-7 Letter to Smyrna: Persecution and the Crown of Life 2:8-11 Letter to Pergamum: Fidelity and False Teaching 2:12-17 Letter to Thyatira: Tolerance of Immorality and Promise to Overcomers 2:18-29 Letter to Sardis: Wakefulness and Repentance 3:1-6 Letter to Philadelphia: An Open Door and a Promise of Protection 3:7-13 Letter to Laodicea: Lukewarmness and the Call to Repent 3:14-22 The Throne in Heaven and Heavenly Worship 4:1-11 The Sealed Scroll and the Worthy Lamb 5:1-14 The Six Seals: Tribulation and Cosmic Disturbance 6:1-17 The Sealing of the 144,000 7:1-8 The Multitude Before the Throne: Salvation and Comfort 7:9-17 The Seventh Seal and the Prayers of the Saints 8:1-5 The Trumpet Judgments: Plagues and Woes 8:6-9:21 The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll 10:1-11 The Two Witnesses: Prophecy, Death, and Resurrection 11:1-14 The Seventh Trumpet: God's Kingdom Proclaimed and the Temple Opened 11:15-19 The Cosmic Conflict: The Woman, the Dragon, and the Male Child 12:1-13:1 The Sea Beast: Blasphemy and Persecution 13:2-10 The Earth Beast and the Mark of the Beast 13:11-18 The Lamb on Mount Zion and the 144,000 14:1-5 The Three Angels' Messages and the Call to Endure 14:6-13 The Harvest of the Earth: Reaping God's Judgment 14:14-20 The Seven Last Plagues and the Victors' Song 15:1-8 The Bowl Judgments: The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath 16:1-21 The Fall of Babylon the Great and the Beast's Doom 17:1-18:24 Heavenly Praise and the Marriage of the Lamb 19:1-10 Christ's Triumphant Return and the Defeat of the Beast 19:11-21 Satan Bound and the Reign of the Saints 20:1-6 Satan's Final Rebellion and Defeat 20:7-10 The Great White Throne and the Final Judgment 20:11-15 The New Heaven and New Earth and the New Jerusalem 21:1-27 The River of Life and the Throne of God 22:1-6
1 And it happened, when humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Gen.6.1 - Details

Original Text

ויהי כי־ החל האדם לרב על־ פני האדמה ובנות ילדו להם׃

Morphology

  • ויהי: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • החל: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • האדם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • לרב: PREP+VERB,qal,infc
  • על: PREP
  • פני: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • האדמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ובנות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • ילדו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • להם: PREP+PRON,3,pl,m

Parallels

  • Genesis 1:28 (verbal): God's commission to 'be fruitful and multiply' uses the same verb and theme of human increase that appears in Gen 6:1, framing population growth as a primordial mandate.
  • Genesis 9:1 (verbal): Post‑flood repetition of 'be fruitful and multiply; replenish the earth' continues the same motif of human multiplication and filling the land.
  • Exodus 1:7 (verbal): Describes Israel as 'fruitful, increased, multiplied' and 'the land was filled'—language closely parallel to 'multiply on the face of the land' in Gen 6:1.
  • Psalm 127:3–5 (thematic): Portrays children as a blessing and emphasizes household increase and the value of offspring, reflecting the positive cultural/theological view of human multiplication underlying Gen 6:1.
  • Isaiah 45:18 (thematic): Affirms that God created the earth to be inhabited, connecting the idea of the earth's intended filling with the population growth described in Gen 6:1.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And it came to pass, when humankind began to multiply upon the face of the ground and daughters were born to them,
  • And it happened, when humankind began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of humankind, that they were beautiful; and they took for themselves wives from all whom they chose.

Gen.6.2 - Details

Original Text

ויראו בני־ האלהים את־ בנות האדם כי טבת הנה ויקחו להם נשים מכל אשר בחרו׃

Morphology

  • ויראו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • בני: NOUN,m,pl,const
  • האלהים: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • את: PRT
  • בנות: NOUN,f,pl,const
  • האדם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • כי: CONJ
  • טבת: ADJ,f,pl,abs
  • הנה: PART
  • ויקחו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • להם: PREP+PRON,3,pl,m
  • נשים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • מכל: PREP
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בחרו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Genesis 6:4 (structural): Immediate continuation of the same account; describes the Nephilim and 'mighty men' born in the days when the 'sons of God' took human wives, linking the marriages in 6:2 to their offspring and reputation.
  • Job 1:6 (verbal): Uses the same Hebrew phrase 'sons of God' (bene elohim) to denote heavenly beings who present themselves before God, providing a lexical parallel for the identity of the 'sons of God' in Genesis 6:2.
  • Job 38:7 (verbal): Speaks of the 'sons of God' (bene elohim) rejoicing at creation; another occurrence of the phrase that supports reading it as heavenly/cosmic beings rather than merely human descendants.
  • Jude 1:6–7 (allusion): Refers to angels who 'did not keep their own domain' and are held in chains, and cites Sodom and Gomorrah as examples; traditionally read as alluding to the Genesis 6 tradition of heavenly beings transgressing boundaries.
  • 2 Peter 2:4–5 (allusion): Speaks of God casting sinful angels into Tartarus and bringing judgment by flood on the ungodly, explicitly linking angelic transgression and the flood tradition associated with Genesis 6–8.

Alternative generated candidates

  • that the sons of God saw the daughters of humankind, that they were beautiful; and they took for themselves wives from any they chose.
  • the sons of God saw the daughters of the human that they were beautiful; and they took for themselves wives from any they chose.
3 And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not abide in the human forever, for he also is flesh; and his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.

Gen.6.3 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר יהוה לא־ ידון רוחי באדם לעלם בשגם הוא בשר והיו ימיו מאה ועשרים שנה׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לא: PART,neg
  • ידון: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • רוחי: NOUN,f,sg,suff
  • באדם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לעלם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בשגם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,suff
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • בשר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • והיו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • ימיו: NOUN,m,pl,suff
  • מאה: NUM,f,sg
  • ועשרים: NUM,m,pl
  • שנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 90:10 (thematic): Both verses treat the limited span of human life. Genesis 6:3 gives 'one hundred and twenty years' as a boundary (often read as a limit or period before judgment); Psalm 90:10 reflects the common biblical motif of human days being limited (70–80 years).
  • Isaiah 40:6-8 (thematic): Isaiah's 'All flesh is grass' theme parallels Genesis 6:3's assertion that 'he is flesh'—both emphasize human frailty and mortality in contrast to God's sovereignty and enduring word.
  • Job 14:5 (verbal): Job states that a man's days are determined by God and ordained in number, echoing Genesis 6:3's concern with God-setting or limiting human days ('yet his days shall be 120 years').
  • 2 Peter 3:9 (allusion): 2 Peter stresses God's patience and delay of punishment ('not willing that any should perish'), which connects to one interpretation of Genesis 6:3 where the mention of '120 years' functions as a period of divine forbearance before the flood.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the LORD said, My spirit shall not abide in humankind forever, for he is flesh; and his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.
  • And YHWH said, My Spirit shall not contend with the human forever, for he is flesh; and his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.
4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God came in to the daughters of humankind and they bore children to them. These were the mighty ones who were of old, men of renown.

Gen.6.4 - Details

Original Text

הנפלים היו בארץ בימים ההם וגם אחרי־ כן אשר יבאו בני האלהים אל־ בנות האדם וילדו להם המה הגברים אשר מעולם אנשי השם׃

Morphology

  • הנפלים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • היו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • בארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בימים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,def
  • ההם: DEM,m,pl
  • וגם: CONJ
  • אחרי: PREP
  • כן: ADV
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • יבאו: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl
  • בני: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • האלהים: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אל: PREP
  • בנות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • האדם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • וילדו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • להם: PREP+PRON,3,pl,m
  • המה: DEM,m,pl
  • הגברים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • מעולם: ADV
  • אנשי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • השם: NOUN,m,sg,def

Parallels

  • Numbers 13:33 (verbal): Spies report seeing the Nephilim (נְפִלִים) in the land — direct verbal parallel to Genesis' mention of the Nephilim and 'men of renown.'
  • Job 1:6; 2:1 (verbal): Uses the phrase 'sons of God' (בְּנֵי־הָאֱלֹהִים) of heavenly beings who appear before God, paralleling the terminology in Genesis 6 about 'benei ha-elohim.'
  • Job 38:7 (thematic): Speaks of the 'sons of God' (or 'morning stars') present at creation — thematically linked to Genesis' depiction of divine/angelic beings interacting with the world.
  • 2 Peter 2:4-5 (allusion): Speaks of God condemning angels for sin and mentions the days of Noah, echoing Genesis 6's account of heavenly beings and the flood context.
  • Jude 1:6-7 (allusion): Refers to angels who 'did not keep their own domain' and to sexual immorality and judgment in the days of Noah and Sodom — an explicit New Testament allusion to the Genesis 6 episode.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God went in to the daughters of humankind and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
  • The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went in to the daughters of the human and they bore children to them. These were the mighty ones who were of old, men of renown.
5 And the LORD saw that the wickedness of the human was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the day.

Gen.6.5 - Details

Original Text

וירא יהוה כי רבה רעת האדם בארץ וכל־ יצר מחשבת לבו רק רע כל־ היום׃

Morphology

  • וירא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • רבה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • רעת: NOUN,f,sg,const
  • האדם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • בארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • וכל: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יצר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • מחשבת: NOUN,f,sg,const
  • לבו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
  • רק: ADV
  • רע: ADJ,m,sg
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • היום: NOUN,m,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.6.12 (structural): Same flood narrative context: the earth is corrupt and all flesh has corrupted its way, providing the immediate parallel cause to God’s observation in 6:5.
  • Gen.8.21 (verbal): Echoes the idea that the disposition of man's heart is evil (Hebrew: יצר לב האדם רע), repeating and intensifying the theme after the flood.
  • Ps.14:1-3 (thematic): Declares universal human corruption—'there is none that doeth good'—paralleling Gen 6:5’s claim that every imagination of the heart was only evil.
  • Jer.17:9 (thematic): Speaks of the heart as deceitful and desperately sick, paralleling Genesis’ emphasis on the inward moral corruption of human thought and desire.
  • Eccl.9:3 (verbal): States that the hearts of men are full of evil and madness, closely mirroring the language and theme of continual evil in Gen 6:5.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the LORD saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the day.
  • And YHWH saw that the evil of the human was great in the earth, and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the day.
6 And the LORD regretted that he had made the human on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.

Gen.6.6 - Details

Original Text

וינחם יהוה כי־ עשה את־ האדם בארץ ויתעצב אל־ לבו׃

Morphology

  • וינחם: VERB,niphal,imperf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • עשה: VERB,qal,ptc,m,sg
  • את: PRT
  • האדם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • בארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ויתעצב: VERB,hitpael,imperf,3,m,sg
  • אל: PREP
  • לבו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms

Parallels

  • 1 Samuel 15:11 (verbal): Uses the same verb (נחם/’regretted’) about God regretting a prior act—here God says He regrets making Saul king, a close verbal and thematic parallel to Gen 6:6.
  • Exodus 32:14 (verbal): After Moses' intercession the text says God 'relented' (וַיִּנָּחֶם), showing the same anthropopathic verb of God changing/withdrawing a planned action.
  • Jonah 3:10 (verbal): God 'relented' (וַיִּנָּחֶם) concerning the disaster he had threatened when Nineveh repented—another instance of the same verb and the idea of divine sorrow/relenting.
  • Amos 7:3 (verbal): In the visions of Amos the LORD 'relents' (וַיִּנָּחֶם) and withdraws a threatened judgment—parallel verbal usage and theme of God changing course.
  • Jeremiah 18:7–10 (thematic): Presents the principle that God will 'relent' or change a declared fate if people repent, echoing the motif in Gen 6:6 of divine sorrow/response to human behavior (anthropopathic language describing God's change of mind).

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the LORD regretted that he had made the human on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
  • And YHWH regretted that he had made the human on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will wipe out the human whom I have created from the face of the ground—from human to livestock, to creeping thing, and to the bird of the heavens—for I regret that I have made them.

Gen.6.7 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר יהוה אמחה את־ האדם אשר־ בראתי מעל פני האדמה מאדם עד־ בהמה עד־ רמש ועד־ עוף השמים כי נחמתי כי עשיתם׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אמחה: VERB,qal,imperf,1,m,sg
  • את: PRT
  • האדם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בראתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,m,sg
  • מעל: PREP
  • פני: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • האדמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • מאדם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עד: PREP
  • בהמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • עד: PREP
  • רמש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ועד: CONJ+PREP
  • עוף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • השמים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • כי: CONJ
  • נחמתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • עשיתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl

Parallels

  • Gen.6.6 (structural): Immediate context: God’s regret/repentance over creating humanity — complements the announcement of destroying humanity in 6:7.
  • Gen.6.13 (verbal): God’s declaration that ‘the end of all flesh is come’ and cites the same reason (earth filled with violence) for bringing destruction — parallels the scope and motive of 6:7.
  • Gen.7.4 (verbal): God’s imminent command to flood the earth and destroy ‘every living thing that I have made’ repeats the language and the action announced in 6:7.
  • 2 Pet.3.6 (allusion): The New Testament refers to the ancient flood as God’s past judgment that destroyed the world by water, echoing the destructive decree of Gen 6:7.
  • Matt.24.37-39 (thematic): Jesus’ comparison of the coming judgment to ‘the days of Noah’ thematically links Gen 6:7’s universal destruction announcement with future eschatological judgment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the LORD said, I will blot out the human whom I have created from the face of the ground, from man to beast, to creeping thing, and to the birds of the heavens; for I am sorry that I have made them.
  • And YHWH said, I will blot out the human whom I have created from upon the face of the ground—from man to beast, to creeping thing, and to the bird of the heavens—for I regret that I have made them.
8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

Gen.6.8 - Details

Original Text

ונח מצא חן בעיני יהוה׃

Morphology

  • ונח: CONJ+NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • מצא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • חן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בעיני: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,cstr
  • יהוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.6.9 (structural): Immediate continuation of the account: Genesis 6:9 expands on why Noah 'found favor' by describing his righteousness and his walk with God, linking divine favor to Noah's character and role.
  • Exod.33.17 (verbal): God tells Moses 'you have found favor in my sight' (same verbal formula); both passages use divine favor language to mark a chosen individual's special standing with Yahweh and prompt divine action.
  • Luke 1.30 (verbal): The angel announces to Mary that she 'has found favor with God' (Greek χάρις/English 'favor'), paralleling the motif of God bestowing grace/favor on a chosen person to accomplish salvation-history purposes.
  • Esther 2.17 (verbal): Esther 'obtained favor and kind treatment' in the king's sight; while a royal context, the language echoes 'found favor in the eyes' formula and the broader biblical motif of a beneficiary singled out by favor.
  • Prov.3.4 (thematic): Proverbs promises that faithful wisdom will cause one to 'find favor and good success in the sight of God and man,' thematically linking righteous conduct with receiving favor as in Genesis 6:8.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
  • But Noah found favor in the eyes of YHWH.
9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generations; Noah walked with God.

Gen.6.9 - Details

Original Text

אלה תולדת נח נח איש צדיק תמים היה בדרתיו את־ האלהים התהלך־ נח׃

Morphology

  • אלה: PRON,dem,pl
  • תולדת: NOUN,f,pl,const
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • צדיק: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • תמים: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • היה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • בדרתיו: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs+PRS,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT
  • האלהים: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • התהלך: VERB,hitpael,perf,3,m,sg
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Genesis 5:22-24 (verbal): Enoch is said to have 'walked with God'—the same verbal formula used of Noah to describe intimate, faithful communion with God.
  • Genesis 17:1 (verbal): God commands Abram to 'walk before me and be blameless,' echoing the paired ideas of walking with God and blamelessness applied to Noah.
  • Psalm 15:2 (verbal): The righteous person is described as one who 'walks blamelessly and does what is right,' reflecting the language of righteousness, blamelessness, and walking as moral markers found in Gen 6:9.
  • Micah 6:8 (thematic): The call 'to act justly... and to walk humbly with your God' parallels the theme that proper life consists in walking with God—the ethical posture attributed to Noah.
  • Hebrews 11:7 (allusion): The New Testament commends Noah's faith and obedience, presenting him as an exemplar of righteousness—an explicit retelling and theological reading of the Genesis portrayal of Noah as righteous and walking with God.

Alternative generated candidates

  • These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generations; Noah walked with God.
  • These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generations; with God Noah walked.
10 And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gen.6.10 - Details

Original Text

ויולד נח שלשה בנים את־ שם את־ חם ואת־ יפת׃

Morphology

  • ויולד: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שלשה: NUM,card,m,sg
  • בנים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • את: PRT
  • שם: ADV,loc
  • את: PRT
  • חם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואת: CONJ+PRT
  • יפת: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.5:32 (verbal): Gives the same statement that Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth (adds Noah's age at their begetting); direct genealogical repeat prior to the flood narrative.
  • Gen.7:13 (thematic): Describes Noah entering the ark with his sons and their wives — connects to the role of Noah's three sons in the flood story introduced in 6:10.
  • Gen.9:18-19 (verbal): After the flood, identifies the sons who left the ark (Shem, Ham, and Japheth) and begins to outline their descendants (e.g., Ham as father of Canaan).
  • Gen.10:1 (structural): Introduces the Table of Nations by naming Noah's three sons as the progenitors of post‑flood peoples; expands the genealogical significance of 6:10.
  • 1 Chron.1:4 (verbal): Chronicles repeats the genealogical listing of Noah's sons (Shem, Ham, and Japheth), echoing Genesis' genealogical record in a later canonical context.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  • And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Now the earth was ruined before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Gen.6.11 - Details

Original Text

ותשחת הארץ לפני האלהים ותמלא הארץ חמס׃

Morphology

  • ותשחת: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • לפני: PREP
  • האלהים: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ותמלא: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • חמס: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.6.5 (thematic): Describes the pervasive wickedness of humankind that provides the moral context for the earth's corruption in 6:11.
  • Gen.6.12 (verbal): Nearly identical language — God sees the earth 'corrupt' and 'filled with violence,' reiterating the same statement with the divine perspective.
  • Gen.6.13 (structural): God's announcement of judgment (the flood) is a direct structural response to the earth's corruption and violence described in 6:11.
  • Isa.24.5 (allusion): Proclaims that the earth is defiled because of its inhabitants — a prophetic echo of the motif that human sin has contaminated the earth.
  • 2 Pet.2.5 (thematic): New Testament reflection on the Flood as divine judgment on a corrupt, violent world; uses the same overall theme to explain why God acted.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Now the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
  • Now the earth was ruined before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God saw the earth, and behold, it was ruined, for all flesh had ruined its way upon the earth.

Gen.6.12 - Details

Original Text

וירא אלהים את־ הארץ והנה נשחתה כי־ השחית כל־ בשר את־ דרכו על־ הארץ׃

Morphology

  • וירא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • את: PRT
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • והנה: CONJ+INTJ
  • נשחתה: VERB,niphal,perf,3,f,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • השחית: VERB,hiphil,perf,3,m,sg
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • בשר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • את: PRT
  • דרכו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3,m,sg
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 6:5 (verbal): Immediate verbal/thematic parallel: God surveys humanity's pervasive wickedness—'every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually'—which explains the corruption noted in 6:12.
  • Genesis 6:11 (structural): Close contextual parallel: declares 'the earth was corrupt and filled with violence,' a near-synonymous summary of the state of the world that 6:12 describes.
  • Romans 1:21-23 (thematic): New Testament parallel describing humanity's repudiation of God and resulting moral and existential degradation—echoes the universal corruption of 'all flesh' in Genesis.
  • Isaiah 24:5-6 (thematic): Prophetic depiction of the earth defiled by its inhabitants and the breaking of covenant, producing devastation—thematically mirrors cosmic corruption that brings divine judgment in Genesis 6.
  • 2 Peter 2:5 (allusion): Alludes to the flood-judgment on the ancient world and Noah's preservation; connects the consequence (divine judgment by flood) with the antecedent cause—human corruption—described in Genesis 6:12.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
  • And God saw the earth, and behold, it was ruined, for all flesh had ruined its way upon the earth.
13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.

Gen.6.13 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר אלהים לנח קץ כל־ בשר בא לפני כי־ מלאה הארץ חמס מפניהם והנני משחיתם את־ הארץ׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • לנח: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • קץ: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • בשר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • לפני: PREP
  • כי: CONJ
  • מלאה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • חמס: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מפניהם: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs+SUF,3,pl
  • והנני: CONJ+PART,1,sg
  • משחיתם: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg
  • את: PRT
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 6:11 (verbal): Immediate context: uses nearly identical language — 'the earth was corrupt' and 'filled with violence' — giving the explicit reason for God's decision in 6:13.
  • Genesis 7:23 (structural): Narrative fulfillment: records that God 'blotted out every living thing' on the earth, enacting the destruction announced in 6:13.
  • Matthew 24:37-39 (allusion): Jesus compares coming eschatological judgment to 'the days of Noah,' drawing on the flood as the paradigm of sudden, universal judgment for human wickedness.
  • 2 Peter 3:6 (thematic): Apostolic application: Peter cites the flood as historical divine judgment ('the world then existing was deluged and destroyed'), using the event theologically in the same way Gen 6:13 frames God’s judgment.
  • Isaiah 24:5-6 (thematic): Prophetic parallel: speaks of the earth being defiled by its people and punished as a whole, echoing the theme that widespread moral corruption brings judgment on the earth.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am going to destroy them together with the earth.
  • And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and, behold, I am about to destroy them along with the earth.
14 Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; rooms you shall make in the ark, and you shall cover it with pitch inside and out.

Gen.6.14 - Details

Original Text

עשה לך תבת עצי־ גפר קנים תעשה את־ התבה וכפרת אתה מבית ומחוץ בכפר׃

Morphology

  • עשה: VERB,qal,ptc,m,sg
  • לך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • תבת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • עצי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • גפר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • קנים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • תעשה: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • וכפרת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • אתה: PRON,2,m,sg
  • מבית: PREP
  • ומחוץ: PREP
  • בכפר: PREP

Parallels

  • Gen.6.15 (verbal): Immediate continuation giving the ark's exact dimensions and continuing the construction instructions begun in 6:14 (same context and vocabulary).
  • Gen.6.22 (structural): Reports Noah's obedience in carrying out God's command to build and pitch the ark, completing the action described in 6:14 (closure to the construction narrative).
  • Exod.2.3 (verbal): Moses' mother places him in a 'tebah' (same Hebrew word for a boat/ark) and 'daubs it with pitch' — a close verbal echo of the ark image and the use of pitch in Gen 6:14.
  • Heb.11.7 (thematic): Summarizes Noah's building of the ark as an act of faith; thematically links the construction command in Gen 6:14 with faith and obedience in the New Testament portrayal.
  • 2 Pet.2.5 (thematic): Refers to God preserving Noah through the flood and, by implication, the salvific function of the ark that Gen 6:14 initiates; used to discuss divine judgment and deliverance in later scriptural reflection.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make rooms in the ark, and you shall cover it inside and outside with pitch.
  • Make for yourself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms you shall make in the ark, and you shall cover it inside and outside with pitch.
15 This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

Gen.6.15 - Details

Original Text

וזה אשר תעשה אתה שלש מאות אמה ארך התבה חמשים אמה רחבה ושלשים אמה קומתה׃

Morphology

  • וזה: CONJ,DEM
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • תעשה: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • אתה: PRON,2,m,sg
  • שלש: NUM,card,f,sg
  • מאות: NUM,card,f,pl
  • אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ארך: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • חמשים: NUM,card,m,pl
  • אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • רחבה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ושלשים: CONJ+NUM,card,m,pl
  • אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • קומתה: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3fs

Parallels

  • Genesis 6:14 (verbal): Immediate instruction to Noah to 'make for yourself an ark' (gopher wood); this verse supplies the command and material that frame the dimensional specifications in 6:15.
  • Genesis 6:16 (structural): Continues the construction details (door, window, decks/rooms), directly complementing the length/width/height given in 6:15 as part of the ark's full description.
  • Hebrews 11:7 (thematic): Presents Noah's building of the ark as an act of faith and obedience; thematically connects the construction (including the ark's dimensions and form) with righteous faith.
  • 1 Peter 3:20–21 (thematic): Uses the ark typologically as the means by which eight were saved, linking the physical ark described in 6:15 to its salvific/typological significance in New Testament teaching.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
  • And this is how you shall make it: three hundred cubits the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height.
16 A window you shall make for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and the entrance of the ark you shall set in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third stories.

Gen.6.16 - Details

Original Text

צהר ׀ תעשה לתבה ואל־ אמה תכלנה מלמעלה ופתח התבה בצדה תשים תחתים שנים ושלשים תעשה׃

Morphology

  • צהר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • תעשה: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • לתבה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ואל: CONJ+PREP
  • אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • תכלנה: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • מלמעלה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ופתח: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • בצדה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,3,f,sg
  • תשים: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • תחתים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • ושלשים: CONJ+NUM,card,m,pl
  • תעשה: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Genesis 6:14–15 (structural): Immediate parallel within the Noah narrative giving construction details (materials, dimensions, ‘this is how you are to make it’) that frame the instructions in 6:16.
  • Genesis 7:15–16 (verbal): Describes the occupants entering the ark and the LORD shutting the door—directly connected to 6:16’s instruction to place a door in the side of the ark.
  • Genesis 8:6–12 (verbal): Reports Noah opening the ark’s window and sending out birds (raven and dove); echoes the specific feature of a ‘window’ (tzohar) commanded in 6:16.
  • Hebrews 11:7 (thematic): Presents Noah’s building of the ark as an act of faith; thematically links the construction commands (including 6:16) to faith and obedience.
  • 1 Peter 3:20–21 (allusion): Uses the flood and Noah/ark imagery typologically (salvation through water) and alludes to the ark as the means of preservation described in Genesis 6–8.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
  • A skylight you shall make for the ark, and to a cubit you shall finish it above; and the door of the ark you shall set in its side. With lower, second, and third stories you shall make it.
17 And I—behold, I am bringing the flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under the heavens; everything that is on the earth shall perish.

Gen.6.17 - Details

Original Text

ואני הנני מביא את־ המבול מים על־ הארץ לשחת כל־ בשר אשר־ בו רוח חיים מתחת השמים כל אשר־ בארץ יגוע׃

Morphology

  • ואני: PRON,1,sg
  • הנני: PART
  • מביא: VERB,hiphil,ptc,_,m,sg
  • את: PRT
  • המבול: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • מים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • לשחת: VERB,qal,inf,_,_,_,_
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • בשר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • רוח: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • חיים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • מתחת: PREP
  • השמים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יגוע: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Gen.7:21-23 (verbal): Direct narrative fulfillment of Gen 6:17: describes how the flood destroyed all flesh and everything on the earth, repeating the language of universal death by the waters.
  • Gen.9:15-16 (thematic): God’s post‑flood covenant promising never again to destroy all flesh by a flood — thematically connected as the counterpoint and resolution to the threat announced in Gen 6:17.
  • Ps.104:6-9 (thematic): Poetic depiction of waters covering the earth and then being restrained by God; echoes the imagery of the primeval flood and God’s sovereignty over the waters.
  • Matt.24:37-39 (allusion): Jesus compares the coming judgment to the ‘days of Noah,’ using the flood as the archetype of sudden, world‑wide destruction like that announced in Gen 6:17.
  • 2 Pet.3:6 (allusion): The author explicitly refers to the ancient flood as the means by which the world of that time perished, treating Gen 6:17’s announced judgment as paradigmatic for divine judgment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And I, even I, am bringing the Flood, waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under the heavens; everything that is on the earth shall perish.
  • And I, behold, I am bringing the flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life from under the heavens; everything that is on the earth shall perish.
18 But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark—you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

Gen.6.18 - Details

Original Text

והקמתי את־ בריתי אתך ובאת אל־ התבה אתה ובניך ואשתך ונשי־ בניך אתך׃

Morphology

  • והקמתי: VERB,hif,impf,1,-,sg
  • את: PRT
  • בריתי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1s
  • אתך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • ובאת: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • אל: PREP
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • אתה: PRON,2,m,sg
  • ובניך: NOUN,m,pl,abs+2ms
  • ואשתך: NOUN,f,sg,abs+2ms
  • ונשי: NOUN,f,pl,const
  • בניך: NOUN,m,pl,abs+2ms
  • אתך: PRON,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Genesis 9:9-11 (quotation): After the flood God again declares, “I establish my covenant with you and your offspring,” echoing the covenant language used in Gen 6:18 and expanding it to all living creatures with a formal promise and sign (the rainbow).
  • Genesis 17:7 (verbal): God’s promise to Abraham—“I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you”—uses the same formula of establishing a covenant with a man and his seed, reflecting a recurring covenantal pattern and language.
  • Genesis 7:1 (structural): God’s command to Noah to enter the ark “you and your household” parallels Gen 6:18’s specification that Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives shall come into the ark, linking covenant protection to the household’s preservation.
  • Exodus 6:4 (allusion): God’s statement that he “established my covenant” with the patriarchs (and later with Israel) echoes the covenant-establishing language of Gen 6:18, situating Noah’s covenant within the broader biblical theme of divine covenants.
  • Psalm 89:3-4 (thematic): The psalmist’s affirmation that God made a covenant and promised to establish it (to David and his line) resonates with the theme of divine, irrevocable covenant-making expressed in Gen 6:18.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
  • But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall enter the ark—you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
19 And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every kind you shall bring into the ark to keep alive with you; they shall be male and female.

Gen.6.19 - Details

Original Text

ומכל־ החי מכל־ בשר שנים מכל תביא אל־ התבה להחית אתך זכר ונקבה יהיו׃

Morphology

  • ומכל: CONJ+PREP
  • החי: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • מכל: PREP
  • בשר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • מכל: PREP
  • תביא: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • אל: PREP
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • להחית: VERB,qal,inf
  • אתך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • זכר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ונקבה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יהיו: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl

Parallels

  • Gen.6.20 (structural): Immediate continuation/repetition of the command specifying that Noah was to bring two of every living thing, male and female, into the ark.
  • Gen.7.2-3 (verbal): Repeats and refines the instruction about bringing animals into the ark, distinguishing seven pairs of clean animals and two of the unclean—an expanded restatement of Gen 6:19.
  • Gen.7.8-9 (structural): Narrative fulfillment of the command in Gen 6:19 — pairs of animals (male and female) enter the ark as Noah brought them.
  • Gen.1.24-25 (thematic): Creation account describing God’s creation of living creatures 'according to their kinds' and male and female, providing the theological background for preserving species aboard the ark.
  • Gen.9.9-10 (allusion): God’s covenant with Noah after the flood that affirms the preservation of all living creatures and their descendants, echoing the purpose of bringing pairs into the ark.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every kind you shall bring into the ark to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
  • And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every kind you shall bring into the ark to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
20 Of the bird according to its kind, and of the livestock according to its kind, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every sort shall come to you to keep alive.

Gen.6.20 - Details

Original Text

מהעוף למינהו ומן־ הבהמה למינה מכל רמש האדמה למינהו שנים מכל יבאו אליך להחיות׃

Morphology

  • מהעוף: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • למינהו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,cs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ומן: CONJ+PREP
  • הבהמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • למינה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,f,sg
  • מכל: PREP
  • רמש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • האדמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • למינהו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,cs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • מכל: PREP
  • יבאו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • אליך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • להחיות: PREP+VERB,hiphil,inf

Parallels

  • Genesis 7:15-16 (structural): Narrative parallel — the later account repeats that animals entered the ark 'male and female' and that Noah did according to God's command, echoing the instruction to bring pairs.
  • Genesis 7:2-3 (verbal): Related instruction — specifies numbers of animals (pairs and sevenfold for clean beasts) and reiterates the directive to bring living creatures into the ark.
  • Genesis 1:24-25 (thematic): Creation parallel — God’s ordering of animals 'after their kinds' corresponds to the ark command to preserve each kind, linking creation taxonomy with preservation.
  • Genesis 1:27 (thematic): Verbal/thematic link — the recurrent formula 'male and female' in creation is echoed in the ark instructions for reproducing and sustaining life.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the beasts according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every sort shall come to you to keep them alive.
  • Of the bird according to its kind, and of the beast according to its kind, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind—two of every sort shall come to you to keep them alive.
21 And you, take for yourself of every food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself, and it shall be for you and for them for food.

Gen.6.21 - Details

Original Text

ואתה קח־ לך מכל־ מאכל אשר יאכל ואספת אליך והיה לך ולהם לאכלה׃

Morphology

  • ואתה: CONJ+PRON,2,m,sg
  • קח: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,sg
  • לך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • מכל: PREP
  • מאכל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • יאכל: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ואספת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • אליך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • והיה: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • לך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • ולהם: CONJ+PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • לאכלה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.1:29 (verbal): Uses similar language about provision as food ('and it shall be to you for food' / והיתה לכם לאכלה), linking divine provision of sustenance to humans (and implicitly animals).
  • Gen.6:20 (structural): Immediate narrative parallel in the Noah instructions: 6:20 directs bringing animals into the ark, while 6:21 complements this by commanding food for Noah and the animals.
  • Gen.7:2-3 (structural): Continuation/reiteration of ark preparations—specifies which animals to take and preserves life—part of the same provisionary command context as 6:21.
  • Gen.9:3 (verbal): Post‑flood pronouncement that animals may be food ('every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you') echoes themes of provision and the human-animal food relationship raised in 6:21.
  • Gen.41:34-36 (thematic): Joseph's gathering and storing of grain in advance of famine parallels Noah's collection of food—both are precautionary provisions made to survive an impending catastrophe.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And you, take for yourself of every food that is eaten and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for you and for them for food.
  • And as for you, take for yourself of every food that is eaten and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for you and for them for food.
22 And Noah did according to all that God commanded him; so he did.

Gen.6.22 - Details

Original Text

ויעש נח ככל אשר צוה אתו אלהים כן עשה׃

Morphology

  • ויעש: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ככל: PREP
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • צוה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אתו: PRT+PRON,3,m,sg
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • כן: ADV
  • עשה: VERB,qal,ptc,m,sg

Parallels

  • Gen.7:5 (verbal): Repeats the same statement that Noah did all that the LORD commanded him (near-verbatim restatement of 6:22).
  • Gen.6:14-16 (structural): Contains the specific commands about building the ark (dimensions, materials, openings) that 6:22 says Noah obeyed.
  • Gen.7:9 (verbal): Says the animals entered the ark 'as God had commanded Noah,' reinforcing the theme of precise obedience to God's instructions.
  • Heb.11:7 (thematic): New Testament appraisal of Noah's faith-driven obedience in building the ark, linking obedience to righteousness and salvation by faith.
  • 1 Pet.3:20-21 (allusion): Alludes to the days of Noah and the ark's preparation; connects Noah's obedient action to the motif of salvation through the waters.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And Noah did according to all that God commanded him; so he did.
  • And Noah did according to all that God commanded him; so he did.
1 Then the LORD said to Noah, Come, you and all your household, into the ark; for you I have seen righteous before me in this generation.

Gen.7.1 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר יהוה לנח בא־ אתה וכל־ ביתך אל־ התבה כי־ אתך ראיתי צדיק לפני בדור הזה׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לנח: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בא: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,sg
  • אתה: PRON,2,m,sg
  • וכל: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ביתך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • אל: PREP
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • כי: CONJ
  • אתך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • ראיתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,com,sg
  • צדיק: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • לפני: PREP
  • בדור: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הזה: DEM,m,sg

Parallels

  • Gen.6:8-9 (verbal): Earlier statement that 'Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD' and that Noah was 'a just man'—same evaluation of Noah's righteousness that grounds God's command in 7:1.
  • Gen.6:18 (verbal): God's prior promise to 'establish my covenant with you' and the instruction that 'you shall come into the ark'—linguistic and thematic precursor to the command in 7:1.
  • Gen.7:7 (structural): Immediate narrative fulfillment: Noah, his family, and the animals enter the ark in response to the command given in 7:1.
  • 1 Pet.3:20-21 (thematic): New Testament typology: speaks of the days of Noah and 'eight souls saved through water,' linking Noah's deliverance in the ark to the theme of salvation by water.
  • 2 Pet.2:5 (allusion): Peter's reference to God 'spared not the ancient world, but saved Noah... a preacher of righteousness' echoes the characterization of Noah as righteous and preserved by God in 7:1.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Then the LORD said to Noah, Enter, you and all your household, into the ark; for you I have seen righteous before me in this generation.
  • Then YHWH said to Noah, Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you I have seen righteous before me in this generation.
2 Of every clean animal take with you seven pairs, the male and his mate; and of the animal that is not clean, two, the male and his mate.

Gen.7.2 - Details

Original Text

מכל ׀ הבהמה הטהורה תקח־ לך שבעה שבעה איש ואשתו ומן־ הבהמה אשר לא טהרה הוא שנים איש ואשתו׃

Morphology

  • מכל: PREP
  • הבהמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • הטהורה: ADJ,f,sg,def
  • תקח: VERB,qal,imprf,2,m,sg
  • לך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • שבעה: NUM,card,m,sg
  • שבעה: NUM,card,m,sg
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואשתו: NOUN,f,sg,poss3,m
  • ומן: CONJ+PREP
  • הבהמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • לא: PART,neg
  • טהרה: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואשתו: NOUN,f,sg,poss3,m

Parallels

  • Genesis 7:3 (verbal): Repeats and clarifies the same command: seven of each clean animal (male and female) and pairs of the unclean — immediate parallel within the flood narrative.
  • Genesis 6:19-20 (structural): Earlier divine instruction to bring animals into the ark two by two; provides the broader framework for the ark’s animal population and contrasts with the special provision for clean animals in 7:2.
  • Genesis 7:8-9 (structural): Narrative fulfillment: reports that the animals entered the ark, specifying that the clean and unclean animals entered according to God’s command, thereby echoing 7:2’s distinctions.
  • Genesis 8:20 (thematic): Noah’s offering of burnt offerings from the clean animals after the flood shows the practical/ritual purpose for preserving extra clean animals, linking 7:2’s provision to sacrificial use.
  • Leviticus 11:2-3 (thematic): Later priestly legislation defining 'clean' (permitted) and 'unclean' animals provides cultic and dietary background for understanding why certain animals were distinguished and preserved in greater numbers in 7:2.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Of every clean beast take for yourself seven, seven, a male and his mate; and of the beast that is not clean, two, a male and his mate.
  • Of every clean animal take for yourself seven and seven, the male and his mate; and of the animals that are not clean—two, the male and his mate.
3 Also of the birds of the heavens, seven pairs, male and female, to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.

Gen.7.3 - Details

Original Text

גם מעוף השמים שבעה שבעה זכר ונקבה לחיות זרע על־ פני כל־ הארץ׃

Morphology

  • גם: ADV
  • מעוף: NOUN,m,sg,cs
  • השמים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • שבעה: NUM,card,m,sg
  • שבעה: NUM,card,m,sg
  • זכר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ונקבה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לחיות: PREP+VERB,qal,inf
  • זרע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • פני: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.7.2 (verbal): Immediate parallel instruction about animals: command to take seven (or seven pairs) of the clean animals — closely echoes the numeric/paired language.
  • Gen.6.19-20 (verbal): Earlier command to bring pairs of every living thing, including birds; shares the theme and phrasing of preserving 'seed' by male and female pairs.
  • Gen.7.8-9 (structural): Narrative fulfillment: lists the animals and birds entering the ark 'male and female,' reflecting the paired emphasis of 7:3.
  • Gen.1.20-22 (thematic): Creation mandate about birds and the blessing to 'be fruitful and multiply' — connects to the purpose of preserving bird pairs to maintain life on the earth.
  • Gen.8.17 (structural): Post-flood command to bring out every living thing from the ark; completes the structural arc begun by the pairing/bringing instructions in 7:3.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Also of the birds of the heavens, seven, seven, male and female, to preserve seed on the face of all the earth.
  • Also of the birds of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
4 For in seven days more I am causing it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will wipe out from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.

Gen.7.4 - Details

Original Text

כי לימים עוד שבעה אנכי ממטיר על־ הארץ ארבעים יום וארבעים לילה ומחיתי את־ כל־ היקום אשר עשיתי מעל פני האדמה׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • לימים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • עוד: ADV
  • שבעה: NUM,card,m,pl
  • אנכי: PRON,1,_,sg
  • ממטיר: VERB,pi,ptc,0,m,sg
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ארבעים: NUM,card
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וארבעים: CONJ+NUM,card,m,pl
  • לילה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ומחיתי: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,1,m,sg
  • את: PRT
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • היקום: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • עשיתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,m,sg
  • מעל: PREP
  • פני: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • האדמה: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.6.17 (verbal): God announces the impending flood in similar language—He will bring a 'flood of waters' to destroy all flesh—closely parallels the plan and purpose stated in 7:4.
  • Gen.7.11 (structural): Narrative fulfillment: the flood begins in the specified time frame and the rain falls for forty days and forty nights, directly continuing the promise of 7:4.
  • Gen.7.21-23 (verbal): Description of the flood's effect—'all flesh that moved on the earth perished'—echoes 7:4's declaration to destroy every living thing made on the earth.
  • Matt.24.37-39 (thematic): Jesus compares the coming judgment to the days of Noah when a sudden destructive flood came on the people; thematically parallels divine judgment by inundation and the surprise element in 7:4–7:24.
  • 2 Pet.3.6-7 (allusion): Peter recalls the ancient world destroyed by water and contrasts it with coming judgment by fire—explicitly alludes to the flood event and its role as God’s past judgment as announced in 7:4.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For in seven days more I am causing it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.
  • For in yet seven days I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out from upon the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.
5 And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him.

Gen.7.5 - Details

Original Text

ויעש נח ככל אשר־ צוהו יהוה׃

Morphology

  • ויעש: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ככל: PREP
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • צוהו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg,pro:3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.6.22 (verbal): Nearly identical phrasing: 'Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he'—repeats the statement of Noah's exact obedience in preparing the ark.
  • Exod.40.16 (verbal): Same verbal formula applied to Moses: 'Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.'—a parallel construction stressing precise obedience to divine instruction.
  • Exod.39.32 (verbal): The account of the tabernacle's completion uses the same idea: the people 'did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses'—another instance of exact compliance with God's commands.
  • Heb.11.7 (thematic): Frames Noah's action as faith-driven obedience: Noah, by faith, built the ark and obeyed God's warning, underscoring the theological significance of his doing 'all that the LORD commanded.'
  • 1 Pet.3.20 (allusion): Alludes to the ark and the days of Noah—speaks of the ark being prepared and the few saved—bringing out the connection between Noah's obedient building and the salvation associated with the ark.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him.
  • And Noah did according to all that YHWH commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

Gen.7.6 - Details

Original Text

ונח בן־ שש מאות שנה והמבול היה מים על־ הארץ׃

Morphology

  • ונח: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שש: NUM,m,sg
  • מאות: NUM,card,f,pl
  • שנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • והמבול: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • היה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • מים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.7.11 (verbal): Repeats and expands the same chronological marker—‘in the six hundredth year of Noah’s life’—giving the exact day and describing the breaking up of the fountains and the windows of heaven when the flood came.
  • Gen.5.32 (structural): Places Noah in the genealogical/timeline framework (Noah was 500 when he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth), providing background to the ages and chronology that lead to Noah being 600 at the flood.
  • Gen.8.13-14 (structural): Continues the chronological sequence after Gen 7:6 by noting Noah’s age in the six hundred and first year when the waters receded and he left the ark, linking the flood year to subsequent dating.
  • Gen.9.28-29 (structural): Gives Noah’s later lifespan and summarizes the years after the flood (Noah lived 350 years after the flood; total 950), situating Gen 7:6 within his overall life chronology.
  • 2 Pet.2:5 (thematic): Alludes to the Genesis flood as divine judgment and deliverance—Peter refers to Noah as a 'preacher of righteousness' whom God preserved when bringing the flood, echoing the event described in Gen 7:6.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And Noah was six hundred years old when the Flood came, waters upon the earth.
  • And Noah was six hundred years old, and the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.

Gen.7.7 - Details

Original Text

ויבא נח ובניו ואשתו ונשי־ בניו אתו אל־ התבה מפני מי המבול׃

Morphology

  • ויבא: VERB,hif,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ובניו: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs+3,m,sg
  • ואשתו: NOUN,f,sg,poss3,m
  • ונשי: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,cons
  • בניו: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3,m,sg
  • אתו: PRT+PRON,3,m,sg
  • אל: PREP
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • מפני: PREP
  • מי: PRON,interr,sg
  • המבול: NOUN,m,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.6:18 (verbal): God's prior instruction promising a covenant and specifying that Noah, his wife, his sons, and his sons' wives shall enter the ark — the same roster and command echoed in 7:7.
  • Gen.7:1 (verbal): Immediate command to Noah to enter the ark with his household; 7:7 records the actual carrying out of that verbal command.
  • Gen.8:16-19 (structural): God commands Noah and his household to come out of the ark after the waters recede — a structural reversal and complement to the entering described in 7:7.
  • Hebrews 11:7 (thematic): Summarizes Noah's faith and obedience in building the ark and being saved from the flood, connecting the narrative action of entering the ark with the theological theme of faith.
  • 1 Peter 3:20-21 (allusion): New Testament typology that frames Noah's saving of eight people through water as a foreshadowing of salvation/baptism, alluding to the ark episode as salvific precedent.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him went into the ark because of the waters of the Flood.
  • And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of the clean animals and of the animals that are not clean, and of the birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,

Gen.7.8 - Details

Original Text

מן־ הבהמה הטהורה ומן־ הבהמה אשר איננה טהרה ומן־ העוף וכל אשר־ רמש על־ האדמה׃

Morphology

  • מן: PREP
  • הבהמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • הטהורה: ADJ,f,sg,def
  • ומן: CONJ+PREP
  • הבהמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • איננה: VERB,qal,pres,3,f,sg
  • טהרה: ADJ,f,sg,abs
  • ומן: CONJ+PREP
  • העוף: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • וכל: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • רמש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • האדמה: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.6.19-20 (verbal): God's earlier command that Noah bring 'of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort' into the ark — same instruction about animals boarding the ark as in 7:8.
  • Gen.7.2-3 (verbal): Specifies the distinction between clean and unclean animals and the instruction to take seven pairs of clean animals and one pair of unclean — directly parallels the clean/unclean categories named in 7:8.
  • Gen.7.9 (structural): Narrative summary that 'pairs, male and female, came to Noah into the ark' — repeats the idea of animals (clean and unclean) entering the ark in male/female pairs as in 7:8.
  • Gen.7.15 (structural): States that 'they went in to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded' — another immediate parallel emphasizing animals entering the ark by species and sex, confirming the action described in 7:8.
  • Lev.11.2-3 (thematic): Priestly legislation distinguishing clean and unclean animals for Israelic practice; thematically parallels the Genesis distinction between 'clean' and 'unclean' animals mentioned in 7:8.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Of the clean animals, and of the animals that are not clean, and of the birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,
  • Of the clean animals, and of the animals that are not clean, and of the birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,
9 two by two they came to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

Gen.7.9 - Details

Original Text

שנים שנים באו אל־ נח אל־ התבה זכר ונקבה כאשר צוה אלהים את־ נח׃

Morphology

  • שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • באו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • אל: PREP
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אל: PREP
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • זכר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ונקבה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • כאשר: CONJ
  • צוה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • את: PRT
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Genesis 6:19 (verbal): God's command to bring 'every living thing... male and female' into the ark closely matches the wording and instruction in Gen 7:9.
  • Genesis 7:2-3 (structural): Provides the detailed instruction about numbers of clean and unclean animals (seven pairs vs. one pair), expanding the brief statement that animals entered 'male and female.'
  • Genesis 7:16 (verbal): Reiterates that 'male and female of all flesh' entered the ark 'as God had commanded' and adds that the LORD shut the ark, echoing the language and the fulfillment of command.
  • Hebrews 11:7 (thematic): Frames Noah's obedience in building the ark and entering with his family as an act of faith that resulted in salvation — thematic parallel to the entrance of animals and Noah into the ark.
  • 1 Peter 3:20-21 (allusion): Uses the ark and the saving through water as a typological allusion to salvation/baptism, connecting the historical event of entering the ark to later theological interpretation.

Alternative generated candidates

  • two by two they came to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
  • two by two they came to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it happened after seven days that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

Gen.7.10 - Details

Original Text

ויהי לשבעת הימים ומי המבול היו על־ הארץ׃

Morphology

  • ויהי: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • לשבעת: PREP+NUM,m,pl,cons
  • הימים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • ומי: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • המבול: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • היו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 7:4 (verbal): God's prior warning that in seven days He would bring rain—direct verbal link to the seven‑day interval before the waters came.
  • Genesis 7:11 (structural): Immediate narrative continuation specifying the exact day the fountains of the deep were broken up and the flood began—the same event Gen. 7:10 anticipates.
  • Genesis 6:17 (verbal): Earlier divine declaration that God would bring a flood upon the earth; provides the theological cause/background for the waters' arrival in 7:10.
  • 2 Peter 3:6 (allusion): The New Testament recalls the flood as a real, divinely‑executed deluge that destroyed the world—an allusive use of the Genesis flood as example of God’s judgment by water.
  • Luke 17:27 (thematic): Jesus' reference to the days of Noah emphasizes the suddenness and universality of the flood’s onset and judgment, thematically paralleling the arrival of the waters in Gen. 7:10.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And after seven days the waters of the Flood were upon the earth.
  • And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month—on that day all the fountains of the great deep were split open, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

Gen.7.11 - Details

Original Text

בשנת שש־ מאות שנה לחיי־ נח בחדש השני בשבעה־ עשר יום לחדש ביום הזה נבקעו כל־ מעינת תהום רבה וארבת השמים נפתחו׃

Morphology

  • בשנת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • שש: NUM,card
  • מאות: NUM,card,f,pl
  • שנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לחיי: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בחדש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • השני: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • בשבעה: PREP+NUM,card,m,sg
  • עשר: NUM,card,f,sg
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לחדש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ביום: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הזה: DEM,m,sg,def
  • נבקעו: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,pl
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • מעינת: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • תהום: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • רבה: ADJ,qual,f,sg,abs
  • וארבת: CONJ+NUM,card,pl,cons
  • השמים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • נפתחו: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Genesis 8:2 (verbal): Uses the same technical terms in reverse: where 7:11 says the “fountains of the great deep were broken up” and the “windows of heaven were opened,” 8:2 records that the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped/closed—direct verbal correspondence.
  • Genesis 7:12 (structural): Immediate narrative sequel: after the windows of heaven were opened in 7:11, 7:12 states that rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights, continuing the same flood episode.
  • Job 38:8–11 (thematic): God’s speech about controlling the waters—‘shutting up the sea with doors,’ ‘breaking up…my decreed place,’ and setting bars—echoes the imagery of the deep’s fountains being cleft and the heavens’ windows opening/closing.
  • 2 Peter 3:6 (thematic): New Testament theological reference to the Flood: Peter summaries the ancient world’s destruction ‘by water’ (the Flood), reflecting the same salvific/judgment significance of the event described in Genesis 7:11.

Alternative generated candidates

  • In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
  • In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month—on that day all the springs of the great deep were split open, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Gen.7.12 - Details

Original Text

ויהי הגשם על־ הארץ ארבעים יום וארבעים לילה׃

Morphology

  • ויהי: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • הגשם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ארבעים: NUM,card
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וארבעים: CONJ+NUM,m,pl
  • לילה: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Exod.24.18 (verbal): Uses the identical formula “forty days and forty nights” for Moses’ time on Sinai; the same temporal motif links divine action, testing, and revelation.
  • 1 Kgs.19.8 (verbal): Elijah’s journey to Horeb lasts “forty days and forty nights,” echoing the same forty-day period as a time of ordeal and divine encounter.
  • Jonah.3.4 (verbal): The prophet’s proclamation “forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown” employs the forty-day period as a timetable for impending divine judgment, paralleling the flood’s forty-day rain.
  • Luke.17.26-27 (thematic): Jesus compares the coming of the Son of Man to the days of Noah—people unaware until the flood came—using the flood narrative as a warning about sudden judgment.
  • 2 Pet.2.5 (allusion): Peter alludes to the Genesis flood, describing God’s judgment by water and Noah’s deliverance to argue that God punished the ungodly, invoking the flood as an illustrative precedent.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
  • And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 On that very day Noah came, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark.

Gen.7.13 - Details

Original Text

בעצם היום הזה בא נח ושם־ וחם ויפת בני־ נח ואשת נח ושלשת נשי־ בניו אתם אל־ התבה׃

Morphology

  • בעצם: PREP
  • היום: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • הזה: DEM,m,sg
  • בא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ושם: CONJ+ADV
  • וחם: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • ויפת: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • בני: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואשת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ושלשת: NUM,card,pl
  • נשי: NOUN,f,pl,cons
  • בניו: NOUN,m,pl,poss
  • אתם: PRT+PRON,3,m,pl
  • אל: PREP
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 6:18 (verbal): God's instruction to Noah uses the same formula — 'you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you' — specifying who is to enter the ark.
  • Genesis 7:7 (verbal): A parallel recounting of the same event: Noah and his family enter the ark, repeating the listing of persons and the act of entry.
  • 1 Peter 3:20-21 (allusion): The NT reflects on Noah's household being saved through the flood ('eight persons were saved'), using the ark-entry as the central salvific image.
  • 2 Peter 2:5 (allusion): Peter refers to Noah as a 'preacher of righteousness' whom God preserved, linking Noah's obedience and the saving of his family to the flood narrative.
  • Hebrews 11:7 (thematic): Noah's faithful obedience and the resulting salvation of his household are highlighted here, thematically echoing the account of Noah and his family's entry into the ark.

Alternative generated candidates

  • On that very day Noah came, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark,
  • On that very day Noah came, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark,
14 They and every wild animal after its kind, and all the livestock after its kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind—every bird, every winged creature—

Gen.7.14 - Details

Original Text

המה וכל־ החיה למינה וכל־ הבהמה למינה וכל־ הרמש הרמש על־ הארץ למינהו וכל־ העוף למינהו כל צפור כל־ כנף׃

Morphology

  • המה: PRON,3,m,pl
  • וכל: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • החיה: ADJ,f,sg,def
  • למינה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,f,sg
  • וכל: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הבהמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • למינה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,f,sg
  • וכל: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הרמש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הרמש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • למינהו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,cs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • וכל: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • העוף: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • למינהו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,cs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • צפור: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • כנף: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.6:19-20 (verbal): God's instruction to Noah to bring into the ark 'of every living thing of all flesh... two of every sort' — uses the same language of 'every living thing' and classification 'after its kind' (לְמִינָהּ).
  • Gen.7:2-3 (thematic): Prior specification about which animals to take (seven pairs of clean, pairs of unclean) — relates to the verse's concern with animals brought into the ark by kinds and numbers.
  • Gen.7:15 (structural): Narrative fulfillment: 'They went into the ark, two and two, of all flesh' — directly parallels the listing of animals by kind in 7:14 and shows the actual entrance.
  • Gen.7:16 (structural): Follows immediately after the animals enter ('and the LORD shut him in') — completes the scene begun in 7:14 of animals being gathered into the ark.
  • Gen.1:24-25 (verbal): Creation account: 'Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kinds' — the recurring motif/formula of living creatures appearing 'after their kind' echoes the taxonomy language of 7:14.

Alternative generated candidates

  • they and every beast according to its kind, and all the cattle according to their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every bird of every wing.
  • they, and every wild animal according to its kind, and all the livestock according to their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind—every bird of every wing.
15 they came to Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

Gen.7.15 - Details

Original Text

ויבאו אל־ נח אל־ התבה שנים שנים מכל־ הבשר אשר־ בו רוח חיים׃

Morphology

  • ויבאו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • אל: PREP
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אל: PREP
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • מכל: PREP
  • הבשר: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • רוח: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • חיים: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Genesis 6:19-20 (quotation): God's command to Noah to bring two of every living thing into the ark — the instruction that 7:15 narrates as fulfilled.
  • Genesis 7:2-3 (verbal): Specifies the pairing (and the special provision for clean animals) and uses the same language of bringing animals into the ark, closely related wording and structure.
  • Genesis 7:9 (verbal): Immediate parallel within the same narrative that also records that pairs of animals entered the ark — duplicate/verbal reinforcement of the event.
  • 1 Peter 3:20-21 (allusion): Uses the ark and the salvation of Noah and his family as an example/typology connecting the flood/ark to salvation and baptism.
  • Hebrews 11:7 (thematic): Presents Noah's obedience in building the ark and being saved from the flood as an example of faith — thematically related to the ark episode in 7:15.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And they went in to Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.
  • And they came to Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.
16 And those that came, male and female of all flesh, came as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.

Gen.7.16 - Details

Original Text

והבאים זכר ונקבה מכל־ בשר באו כאשר צוה אתו אלהים ויסגר יהוה בעדו׃

Morphology

  • והבאים: VERB,qal,ptc,3,m,pl
  • זכר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ונקבה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מכל: PREP
  • בשר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • באו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • כאשר: CONJ
  • צוה: VERB,piel,perf,3,m,sg
  • אתו: PRT+PRON,3,m,sg
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ויסגר: VERB,qal,imprf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בעדו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Gen.6:19-20 (verbal): God's command to bring pairs of animals — 'male and female' of every living thing — parallels the description of the animals entering the ark here.
  • Gen.6:22 (verbal): Statement that Noah did all that God commanded him echoes the phrase 'as God had commanded him' in 7:16, emphasizing Noah's obedience.
  • Gen.7:13 (structural): Earlier account of the same day when Noah, his family, and the animals entered the ark, using similar language about male and female and the entrance into the ark.
  • Gen.7:23 (thematic): Depicts the result of the preservation in the ark — all other flesh perished while only Noah and those with him remained — showing the salvific effect of being 'shut in.'

Alternative generated candidates

  • And those that went in, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.
  • And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and YHWH shut him in.
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

Gen.7.17 - Details

Original Text

ויהי המבול ארבעים יום על־ הארץ וירבו המים וישאו את־ התבה ותרם מעל הארץ׃

Morphology

  • ויהי: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • המבול: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ארבעים: NUM,card
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • וירבו: VERB,qal,wayy,3,m,pl
  • המים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • וישאו: VERB,qal,wayy,3,m,pl
  • את: PRT
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ותרם: VERB,qal,wayy,3,f,sg
  • מעל: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.7.12 (verbal): Specifies that the rain fell for forty days and forty nights, directly paralleling the duration 'the flood was forty days' in 7:17.
  • Gen.8.3-4 (verbal): Describes the waters receding and the ark coming to rest on the mountains of Ararat, serving as the immediate resolution to the ark being lifted above the earth.
  • Hebrews 11:7 (thematic): Summarizes Noah’s preservation through the flood as an act of faith and God’s judgment by water, thematically linked to the flood account.
  • 1 Peter 3:20-21 (allusion): Alludes to the flood and the ark as a typological precursor to baptism and salvation, reflecting on the waters that judged the ungodly.
  • Matthew 24:37-39 (thematic): Jesus compares the coming judgment to the days of Noah, invoking the sudden, widespread destruction of the flood as a warning.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the Flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
  • And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it was raised high above the earth.
18 And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

Gen.7.18 - Details

Original Text

ויגברו המים וירבו מאד על־ הארץ ותלך התבה על־ פני המים׃

Morphology

  • ויגברו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
  • המים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • וירבו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
  • מאד: ADV
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ותלך: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,f,sg
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • על: PREP
  • פני: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • המים: NOUN,m,pl,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 7:17 (verbal): Immediate parallel in the same episode: reports that the flood lasted forty days and that the waters increased and bore up the ark—same language of waters prevailing and the ark riding on the waters.
  • Genesis 7:24 (verbal): Continues the flood narrative with the same motif—‘the waters prevailed (וַיִּגְבְּרוּ הַמָּיִם) over the earth’—and specifies the duration (150 days), reinforcing the image of waters dominating the land.
  • 1 Peter 3:20 (allusion): New Testament reference to Noah and the ark: speaks of eight persons saved through water, alluding to the flood as God’s means of judgment and salvation and invoking the ark/waters imagery of Genesis 7.
  • Matthew 24:37-39 (thematic): Uses the ‘days of Noah’ and the suddenness of the flood as an analogy for eschatological judgment—draws on the flood narrative (waters prevailing and destruction) to make a moral/prophetic point.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark went on the face of the waters.
  • The waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed very greatly upon the earth, and all the high mountains that were under all the heavens were covered.

Gen.7.19 - Details

Original Text

והמים גברו מאד מאד על־ הארץ ויכסו כל־ ההרים הגבהים אשר־ תחת כל־ השמים׃

Morphology

  • והמים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,def
  • גברו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • מאד: ADV
  • מאד: ADV
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ויכסו: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • ההרים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • הגבהים: ADJ,m,pl,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • תחת: PREP
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • השמים: NOUN,m,pl,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 7:20 (verbal): Immediate parallel in the flood narrative repeating that the waters prevailed and specifying the depth by which the mountains were covered (twenty-five cubits), continuing the same description.
  • Psalm 104:6-9 (thematic): Describes the waters covering the mountains and God setting limits on the waters—echoes the image of the flood covering high mountains and God’s eventual control over the waters.
  • Job 38:8-11 (thematic): God recalls restraining the sea and setting its boundaries so that waters would not cover the earth—language and theme resonate with the flood’s overwhelming waters and divine sovereignty over them.
  • Isaiah 54:9 (allusion): Refers to the waters of Noah and the flood as a precedent, promising that God will not again be angry to destroy—explicitly alludes to the global inundation that covered the mountains.
  • 2 Peter 3:6 (allusion): New Testament reference to the ancient world being deluged and destroyed by water; interprets the Genesis flood as a formative, world-destroying event and connects to the same inundation motif.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the waters prevailed exceedingly, exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high mountains that were under all the heavens were covered.
  • And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high mountains that are under all the heavens were covered.
20 Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed, and the mountains were covered.

Gen.7.20 - Details

Original Text

חמש עשרה אמה מלמעלה גברו המים ויכסו ההרים׃

Morphology

  • חמש: NUM,card,sg
  • עשרה: NUM,card
  • אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מלמעלה: PREP
  • גברו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • המים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • ויכסו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
  • ההרים: NOUN,m,pl,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 6:17 (allusion): God's prior declaration that He would bring a flood to destroy all flesh — sets up the event described in 7:20 where waters prevail and mountains are covered.
  • Genesis 8:4 (structural): After the waters covered the mountains (7:20), the ark later comes to rest on the mountains of Ararat when the flood subsides, providing a narrative contrast and resolution.
  • Psalm 104:6–7 (verbal): Uses very similar imagery — 'You covered it with the deep... the waters stood above the mountains' — echoing the language and motif of waters covering the mountains.
  • 2 Peter 3:5–6 (thematic): Refers to the ancient flood that destroyed the world of that time, using the Noahic deluge as an example of divine judgment by water, thematically linked to Gen 7:20.
  • Job 38:8–11 (thematic): God's control over the seas and the setting of limits on the waters contrasts and complements the image of waters prevailing over the mountains, highlighting divine sovereignty over the flood.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed, and the mountains were covered.
  • Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed, and the mountains were covered.
21 And all flesh perished that moved upon the earth—birds and livestock and wild animals and all the swarming creatures that swarm upon the earth—and all humankind.

Gen.7.21 - Details

Original Text

ויגוע כל־ בשר ׀ הרמש על־ הארץ בעוף ובבהמה ובחיה ובכל־ השרץ השרץ על־ הארץ וכל האדם׃

Morphology

  • ויגוע: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • בשר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הרמש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • בעוף: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ובבהמה: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ובחיה: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ובכל: CONJ+PREP+PRON
  • השרץ: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • השרץ: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • וכל: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • האדם: NOUN,m,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.6.17 (verbal): God's prior declaration that He will bring a flood to destroy all flesh — similar language about all flesh perishing (anticipatory statement of the same event).
  • Gen.7.22 (verbal): Immediate narrative parallel/summary: restates that all living creatures on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died — a direct restatement of universal death.
  • 1 Peter 3:20 (allusion): Refers to the generation of Noah who were disobedient and were preserved or destroyed in the days of Noah — alludes to the flood judgment that killed the ungodly.
  • 2 Peter 2:5 (allusion): Speaks of God bringing a flood to destroy the ancient world and rescuing Noah — connects to the flood as divine judgment that annihilated 'all flesh.'
  • Matthew 24:37-39 (thematic): Jesus uses the sudden destruction of people in Noah's time as a paradigm for coming judgment — thematically linked to the universality and finality of the flood's death.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And all flesh perished that moved upon the earth: the birds, the livestock, the wild animals, and all the swarmers that swarm upon the earth, and all humankind.
  • And all flesh perished that moved upon the earth—the bird, and the livestock, and the wild animal, and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all humankind.
22 Everything on dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life died.

Gen.7.22 - Details

Original Text

כל אשר נשמת־ רוח חיים באפיו מכל אשר בחרבה מתו׃

Morphology

  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • נשמת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • רוח: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • חיים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • באפיו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+3,m,sg
  • מכל: PREP
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • בחרבה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מתו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Gen.2.7 (verbal): Both verses use the image of God breathing life into the nostrils — Gen 2:7 describes the original giving of the 'breath of life' to man, which Gen 7:22 says was withdrawn by death in the Flood.
  • Job 34:14-15 (verbal): Speaks of God removing his breath and all flesh perishing, echoing the causal link between divine breath and life found in Gen 7:22.
  • Ps.104:29-30 (thematic): Describes God's taking away breath causing death and his sending of Spirit giving life — the same theological conviction that life depends on God's breath, as stated in Gen 7:22.
  • Eccl.12:7 (thematic): Notes that the dust returns to the earth and the spirit returns to God who gave it, connecting the physical death of creatures with the return of the life-breath to God, as in Gen 7:22.
  • Gen.9:15-16 (structural): After the Flood's destruction of 'every living thing' (Gen 7:22), God establishes a covenant promising never again to destroy all flesh by flood — a theological and narrative response to the total mortality described in Gen 7:22.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Everything in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.
  • Everything in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.
23 And he wiped out every existing thing that was on the face of the ground—from human to livestock to creeping thing and to the bird of the heavens; they were wiped from the earth, and only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.

Gen.7.23 - Details

Original Text

וימח את־ כל־ היקום ׀ אשר ׀ על־ פני האדמה מאדם עד־ בהמה עד־ רמש ועד־ עוף השמים וימחו מן־ הארץ וישאר אך־ נח ואשר אתו בתבה׃

Morphology

  • וימח: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • היקום: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • על: PREP
  • פני: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • האדמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • מאדם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עד: PREP
  • בהמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • עד: PREP
  • רמש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ועד: CONJ+PREP
  • עוף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • השמים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • וימחו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • מן: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • וישאר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אך: PART
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואשר: CONJ+PRON,rel
  • אתו: PRT+PRON,3,m,sg
  • בתבה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.6.17 (verbal): God's prior declaration that He will bring a flood 'to destroy all flesh' echoes the language and scope of the wiping out described in 7:23.
  • Gen.7.21-22 (verbal): Immediate parallel: these verses enumerate the same categories (man, cattle, creeping things, birds) and state that all with the breath of life perished — essentially the same report as 7:23.
  • Gen.8.17 (thematic): Contrast and continuation: after the universal destruction, God commands Noah to bring out every living thing preserved in the ark, highlighting that only those in the ark survived the catastrophe described in 7:23.
  • 2 Pet.3.6 (allusion): The New Testament refers to the flood as the means by which the 'world that then was' perished, invoking Gen 7's universal judgment as a model for divine punitive action and eschatological teaching.
  • Matt.24.37-39 (thematic): Jesus' comparison of his coming to the 'days of Noah' evokes the sudden, comprehensive destruction of life in the flood (as in 7:23) to warn about unexpected judgment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And he blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the ground, from man to beast to creeping thing and to the birds of the heavens; and they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
  • So he blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground—from man to beast, to creeping thing, and to the bird of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.

Gen.7.24 - Details

Original Text

ויגברו המים על־ הארץ חמשים ומאת יום׃

Morphology

  • ויגברו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • המים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • חמשים: NUM,card,pl
  • ומאת: NUM,card
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Genesis 8:3 (verbal): States that after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated — directly continues and echoes the 150‑day timeframe of Gen 7:24.
  • Genesis 8:5 (structural): Describes the ark coming to rest on the mountains of Ararat after the waters receded — the immediate narrative consequence of the waters prevailing for 150 days.
  • Genesis 7:11 (structural): Records the opening of the flood (the fountains of the deep and windows of heaven) at the beginning of the same deluge whose duration is summarized in Gen 7:24.
  • 2 Peter 2:5 (allusion): New Testament reference to God’s judgment by water in Noah’s time — uses the flood as the historical event of divine judgment alluded to in Gen 7:24.
  • Psalm 104:6–9 (thematic): Imagery of the earth covered with waters and God restraining and setting bounds on the waters parallels the motif of the primordial/deluge waters and God’s control over them in Genesis.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the waters prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.
  • And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
1 And God remembered Noah, and all the living creatures and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

Gen.8.1 - Details

Original Text

ויזכר אלהים את־ נח ואת כל־ החיה ואת־ כל־ הבהמה אשר אתו בתבה ויעבר אלהים רוח על־ הארץ וישכו המים׃

Morphology

  • ויזכר: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • את: PRT
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואת: CONJ+PRT
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • החיה: ADJ,f,sg,def
  • ואת: CONJ+PRT
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • הבהמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • אתו: PRT+PRON,3,m,sg
  • בתבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ויעבר: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • רוח: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • וישכו: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,pl
  • המים: NOUN,m,pl,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 30:22 (verbal): Uses the same verb 'God remembered' (וַיִּזְכֹּר) — both passages signal a turning point where divine remembrance leads to new action on behalf of the vulnerable (Rachel conceiving; Noah delivered).
  • Exodus 2:24-25 (verbal): God 'remembered' the covenant and the afflicted people; like Gen 8:1 this 'remembrance' triggers divine intervention to rescue those in peril.
  • Genesis 1:2 (verbal): The imagery of God's 'wind/spirit' over the waters echoes Gen 8:1's 'a wind passed over the earth' — both connect divine wind/Spirit with ordering or calming the primordial waters.
  • Exodus 14:21-22 (thematic): God uses a strong wind to control the waters and bring deliverance (parting the sea), paralleling Gen 8:1 where a wind causes the floodwaters to abate and enables salvation in the ark.
  • Psalm 104:6-9 (thematic): Describes waters covering the earth and then retreating at God's command; similar cosmic motif of God restraining the flood and reestablishing dry land as in Gen 8:1.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And God remembered Noah, and all the wild animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
  • And God remembered Noah and all the animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
2 The fountains of the deep were stopped up, and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.

Gen.8.2 - Details

Original Text

ויסכרו מעינת תהום וארבת השמים ויכלא הגשם מן־ השמים׃

Morphology

  • ויסכרו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • מעינת: NOUN,m,pl,construct
  • תהום: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • וארבת: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • השמים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • ויכלא: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • הגשם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • מן: PREP
  • השמים: NOUN,m,pl,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 7:11 (structural): Direct counterpart in the flood narrative: Genesis 7:11 describes the opening of the 'springs of the deep' and 'windows of heaven' at the start of the flood; Genesis 8:2 reports that these same sources were stopped.
  • Job 38:8-11 (verbal): God's speech about controlling the waters uses similar language — shutting up the sea with doors and setting limits ('This far shall you come, and no further') — echoing the idea of stopping and bounding the waters.
  • Psalm 104:6-9 (thematic): Psalms praises God for rebuking and bounding the waters so they no longer cover the earth, paralleling the motif of God restraining the chaotic waters after the flood.
  • Isaiah 54:9 (allusion): Isaiah invokes the waters of Noah as a covenantal image — God swore the waters should no more go over the earth — reflecting the finality of the flood's cessation referenced in Genesis 8:2.
  • 2 Peter 3:5-7 (allusion): The New Testament recalls the primeval world destroyed by water and contrasts it with future judgment by fire; it alludes to the flood tradition and the cessation of the floodwaters narrated in Genesis.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The springs of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
  • The springs of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
3 And the waters receded from upon the earth, going and returning; and at the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters had abated.

Gen.8.3 - Details

Original Text

וישבו המים מעל הארץ הלוך ושוב ויחסרו המים מקצה חמשים ומאת יום׃

Morphology

  • וישבו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • המים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • מעל: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • הלוך: VERB,qal,ptc,NA,m,sg
  • ושוב: VERB,qal,ptc,NA,m,sg
  • ויחסרו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • המים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • מקצה: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • חמשים: NUM,card,m,pl
  • ומאת: NUM,card
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.7.24 (structural): Same flood narrative noting the duration 'a hundred and fifty days'—places Gen 8:3 within the overall temporal framework of the deluge.
  • Gen.8.2 (structural): Describes the cessation of the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven, explaining the cause for the waters' retreat mentioned in Gen 8:3.
  • Ps.104:6-9 (thematic): Psalm portrays God restraining and setting bounds on the waters—echoes the divine control over the flood and the retreat of waters in Gen 8:3.
  • Isa.54:9 (allusion): Uses the waters of Noah as a covenantal image ('as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth'), alluding to the end of the flood described in Gen 8:3.
  • 2 Pet.3:6 (allusion): Refers to the ancient world being deluged and destroyed by water in Noah's time—invokes the same event whose abatement is recorded in Gen 8:3 as a typological precedent.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the waters returned from upon the earth, going and returning, and the waters had abated at the end of one hundred and fifty days.
  • And the waters returned from upon the earth, going and returning, and the waters diminished after the end of one hundred and fifty days.
4 And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

Gen.8.4 - Details

Original Text

ותנח התבה בחדש השביעי בשבעה־ עשר יום לחדש על הרי אררט׃

Morphology

  • ותנח: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • בחדש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • השביעי: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • בשבעה: PREP+NUM,card,m,sg
  • עשר: NUM,card,f,sg
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לחדש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • הרי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • אררט: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.7.11 (verbal): Same calendrical motif: both verses mark the 17th day of a month as a key chronological anchor for the flood narrative (beginning of the flood in 7:11; ark's resting on 8:4).
  • Gen.8.5 (structural): Continues the same episode — reports the receding of the waters and the appearance of mountain tops, connecting the ark's resting (8:4) with the gradual emergence of dry land (8:5).
  • Ps.104.6-9 (thematic): Poetic depiction of waters covering the mountains and then fleeing at God’s rebuke parallels the theological motif in Genesis of divine control over the floodwaters and the eventual rising of the mountains/land.
  • 2 Pet.3.6 (allusion): New Testament reference to the ancient world being deluged by water echoes the Genesis flood account and implicitly recalls details such as the ark and the waters’ dominance and withdrawal.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
  • And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters were going and abating until the tenth month; in the tenth, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

Gen.8.5 - Details

Original Text

והמים היו הלוך וחסור עד החדש העשירי בעשירי באחד לחדש נראו ראשי ההרים׃

Morphology

  • והמים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,def
  • היו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • הלוך: VERB,qal,part,0,m,sg
  • וחסור: CONJ+VERB,qal,part,0,m,sg
  • עד: PREP
  • החדש: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • העשירי: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • בעשירי: PREP+ADJ,m,sg,def
  • באחד: PREP+NUM,card,m,sg,def
  • לחדש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נראו: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,pl
  • ראשי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • ההרים: NOUN,m,pl,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 8:3 (verbal): Immediate verbal/narrative parallel: both verses describe the receding of the floodwaters and the progressive diminution of the waters before the mountains became visible.
  • Genesis 8:13-14 (structural): Continued chronological sequence in the flood narrative: after the mountains' tops are seen (8:5), these verses record the later dates when Noah opened the ark and the earth was dry, completing the drying process.
  • Psalm 104:6-9 (allusion): Poetic parallel: describes waters covering the earth and standing above the mountains, then fleeing at God's rebuke—echoes the motif of waters subsiding to reveal the mountains.
  • Isaiah 54:9 (thematic): The prophet invokes 'the waters of Noah' as an image of divine judgment and covenantal aftermath, thematically linking the floodwaters' covering and subsequent clearing of the earth to Genesis imagery.
  • 1 Peter 3:20-21 (allusion): New Testament allusion to the flood story: Peter cites Noah and the waters as a typological event of judgment and salvation, drawing on the same flood narrative context in which the mountains reappear as the waters recede.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the waters were going and abating until the tenth month; in the tenth, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
  • And the waters were going and abating until the tenth month; in the tenth, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
6 And it happened at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made,

Gen.8.6 - Details

Original Text

ויהי מקץ ארבעים יום ויפתח נח את־ חלון התבה אשר עשה׃

Morphology

  • ויהי: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • מקץ: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • ארבעים: NUM,card
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ויפתח: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • את: PRT
  • חלון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • עשה: VERB,qal,ptc,m,sg

Parallels

  • Gen 6:16 (verbal): God's instruction to Noah to make a window in the ark — the same ark feature that Noah opens in Gen 8:6.
  • Gen 7:11 (verbal): The phrase 'the windows of the heavens were opened' (rain beginning) creates a verbal/imagistic play with Noah opening the ark's window later in the flood narrative.
  • Gen 7:12 (verbal): The flood narrative's repeated 'forty days and forty nights' links temporally to Gen 8:6's 'after forty days' — the same forty-day motif.
  • Gen 8:7 (structural): Direct narrative continuation: immediately after opening the window Noah sends out a raven (and later a dove), so Gen 8:6 initiates the sequence of sending birds to test the waters.
  • Gen 8:13-14 (thematic): The later report that the earth was drying and Noah removed the ark's covering and left connects thematically to the opening of the window as part of the process of assessing and leaving the ark.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made.
  • And it came to pass at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made,
7 and he sent forth the raven; and it went out, going out and returning, until the waters were dried up from upon the earth.

Gen.8.7 - Details

Original Text

וישלח את־ הערב ויצא יצוא ושוב עד־ יבשת המים מעל הארץ׃

Morphology

  • וישלח: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT
  • הערב: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ויצא: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • יצוא: VERB,qal,inf_abs
  • ושוב: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • עד: PREP
  • יבשת: NOUN,f,sg,cstr
  • המים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • מעל: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.8.6 (structural): Immediate narrative precursor: Noah waits seven days and then sends out the bird (the raven) — part of the same episode and sequence.
  • Gen.8.8-12 (structural): Direct parallel/contrast within the flood narrative: after the raven Noah sends the dove, which behaves differently and ultimately brings back an olive leaf as a sign the waters abated.
  • 1 Kgs.17:4-6 (thematic): God commands ravens to feed Elijah during a drought; both passages portray ravens as agents in God’s providential activity during a period of water crisis.
  • Job 38:41 (verbal): God’s rhetorical question about who provides for the raven underscores divine oversight of ravens—resonant with God’s control over the raven’s movements in Noah’s story.
  • Luke 12:24 (thematic): Jesus’ remark that ravens do not sow yet are fed by God echoes the biblical motif of ravens as creatures under God’s providence, connecting to their role in the flood narrative.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And he sent out the raven; it went out, going to and fro, until the waters were dried up from upon the earth.
  • and he sent forth the raven; and it went out, going out and returning, until the waters were dried from upon the earth.
8 Then he sent forth the dove from him, to see whether the waters had abated from upon the face of the ground.

Gen.8.8 - Details

Original Text

וישלח את־ היונה מאתו לראות הקלו המים מעל פני האדמה׃

Morphology

  • וישלח: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT
  • היונה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • מאתו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • לראות: INF,qal
  • הקלו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • המים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • מעל: PREP
  • פני: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • האדמה: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.8.6 (structural): The immediate narrative parallel: before sending the dove Noah sent out a raven to check whether the floodwaters had receded, forming a structural pair with Gen 8:8.
  • Gen.8.10-11 (verbal): Direct continuation of the dove motif — the dove is sent again and returns with an olive leaf, explicitly signaling that the waters had abated (verbal and narrative parallel).
  • John 1:32 (allusion): John the Baptist reports seeing the Spirit descend 'like a dove'; this alludes to dove imagery as a heavenly sign, echoing the dove sent from Noah as a sign about the state of the world.
  • Matt.3:16 (thematic): At Jesus' baptism the Spirit descends 'like a dove'; thematically the dove functions as a sign of divine presence/approval and peace, resonating with the dove's role in the Noah narrative.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Then he sent out the dove from him, to see whether the waters had abated from upon the face of the ground.
  • Then he sent out the dove from him, to see whether the waters had abated from upon the face of the ground.
9 But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for waters were on the face of all the earth; and he stretched out his hand and took her and brought her to himself into the ark.

Gen.8.9 - Details

Original Text

ולא־ מצאה היונה מנוח לכף־ רגלה ותשב אליו אל־ התבה כי־ מים על־ פני כל־ הארץ וישלח ידו ויקחה ויבא אתה אליו אל־ התבה׃

Morphology

  • ולא: CONJ
  • מצאה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • היונה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • מנוח: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לכף: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • רגלה: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,3,f,sg
  • ותשב: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • אליו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • אל: PREP
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • כי: CONJ
  • מים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • על: PREP
  • פני: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • וישלח: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • ידו: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ויקחה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg+PRON,3,f,sg
  • ויבא: VERB,hif,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • אתה: PRON,2,m,sg
  • אליו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • אל: PREP
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.8.7 (structural): Immediate narrative parallel: Noah first sends the raven which does not return before he sends the dove (sets up contrast in birds' behavior).
  • Gen.8.11 (verbal): Direct continuation: the dove returns with an olive leaf, giving the positive sign of receding waters that contrasts with 8:9's failure to find a resting place.
  • Gen.8.12 (structural): Follow-up action: on a later sending the dove does not return, indicating it found rest—completes the motive arc begun in 8:9 (no rest → eventual rest/landing).
  • 1 Pet.3.20–21 (allusion): New Testament allusion to Noah, the ark, and the flood used typologically for salvation and baptism; recalls the same flood narrative context in which the dove appears.
  • Luke 17:26–27 (thematic): Jesus' reference to 'as it was in the days of Noah' uses the flood story as a typological warning about sudden divine action—echoes the broader theological significance of the flood episode that includes the dove episode in 8:9.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him into the ark, for waters were on the face of all the earth; and he put out his hand and took her and brought her to him into the ark.
  • But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for waters were upon the face of all the earth. And he put out his hand and took her and brought her to him into the ark.
10 And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove from the ark.

Gen.8.10 - Details

Original Text

ויחל עוד שבעת ימים אחרים ויסף שלח את־ היונה מן־ התבה׃

Morphology

  • ויחל: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • עוד: ADV
  • שבעת: NUM,m,sg,cons
  • ימים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • אחרים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • ויסף: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • שלח: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT
  • היונה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • מן: PREP
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 8:7 (verbal): Immediately prior/parallel action in the same narrative: Noah first sends out a raven (וישלח את־התרנה), showing the sequence of sending birds and similar verbal phrasing (’sent out’).
  • Genesis 8:12 (structural): Follow-up to 8:10 in the same episode: the dove returns with an olive leaf, completing the reconnaissance and providing the sign of receding waters and restoration of the land.
  • Genesis 8:6 (verbal): The verse immediately before 8:10 notes that Noah ‘waited yet seven days’—the same waiting period framing the sending of the dove (repeated seven-day intervals in the sequence).
  • 1 Kings 17:4–6 (thematic): Ravens are sent by God to serve Elijah (bringing him food), reflecting the motif of birds as instruments of divine provision and action, paralleling the ark’s use of birds to test and reveal God’s purposes.
  • Matthew 3:16; Luke 3:22 (allusion): The dove appears at Jesus’ baptism as a symbol descending from heaven. Though a different context, it connects to the broader biblical motif of the dove as a sign of God’s presence, peace, or new beginnings—resonant with the ark narrative’s sign of restoration.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
  • And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
11 And the dove came to him at eventide, and behold, an olive leaf freshly plucked was in her mouth; so Noah knew that the waters had abated from upon the earth.

Gen.8.11 - Details

Original Text

ותבא אליו היונה לעת ערב והנה עלה־ זית טרף בפיה וידע נח כי־ קלו המים מעל הארץ׃

Morphology

  • ותבא: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,f,sg
  • אליו: PREP,3,m,sg
  • היונה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • לעת: PREP
  • ערב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • והנה: CONJ+INTJ
  • עלה: NOUN,m,pl,const
  • זית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • טרף: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • בפיה: PREP,3,f,sg
  • וידע: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • קלו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • המים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • מעל: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.8.10 (structural): Earlier sending of the dove that returned because it found no rest—sets up the contrast with verse 8:11 when the dove brings an olive leaf.
  • Gen.8.12 (structural): The subsequent report that the dove did not return, completing the dove-mission sequence and confirming the earth’s recovery begun in 8:11.
  • Gen.8.5 (verbal): Statement that 'the waters decreased' parallels 8:11's conclusion that Noah knew the waters had abated from the earth (shared language and theme of receding waters).
  • Psalm 104:6-9 (thematic): A poetic depiction of the floodwaters covering and then receding from the earth—the same motif of divine control over the waters and restoration of the land.
  • Matt.3:16 (also Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:32) (allusion): The dove as a sign—here signaling peace/restoration after the Flood; in the Gospels the dove likewise signals divine presence (the Spirit) at Jesus’ baptism.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the dove came to him at evening; and behold, an olive leaf, freshly plucked, was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had abated from upon the earth.
  • And the dove came to him at eventide, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; so Noah knew that the waters had abated from upon the earth.
12 And he waited yet another seven days, and he sent forth the dove, and she did not return again to him anymore.

Gen.8.12 - Details

Original Text

וייחל עוד שבעת ימים אחרים וישלח את־ היונה ולא־ יספה שוב־ אליו עוד׃

Morphology

  • וייחל: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • עוד: ADV
  • שבעת: NUM,m,sg,construct
  • ימים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • אחרים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • וישלח: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT
  • היונה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ולא: CONJ
  • יספה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • שוב: ADV
  • אליו: PREP,3,m,sg
  • עוד: ADV

Parallels

  • Genesis 8:11 (verbal): Immediate context: the dove returns with an olive leaf, making explicit why Noah waited and sent the dove again — direct verbal and narrative continuation.
  • Genesis 8:6–7 (verbal): Earlier sending of the raven and the dove establishes the pattern of sending birds to test the waters; parallels the action and purpose of the dove in 8:12.
  • Genesis 9:12–17 (thematic): After the flood narrative, God’s covenant and sign (the rainbow) confirm the flood’s end and renewal of creation — thematically connected to the dove as sign of land and new beginning.
  • Matthew 3:16 (allusion): The dove appears in the NT as a divine sign (the Spirit descending on Jesus), echoing the Genesis dove motif of God’s presence, peace, and a new era.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; and she did not return to him again.
  • Then he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, and she did not return to him again.
13 And it happened in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters had dried from upon the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.

Gen.8.13 - Details

Original Text

ויהי באחת ושש־ מאות שנה בראשון באחד לחדש חרבו המים מעל הארץ ויסר נח את־ מכסה התבה וירא והנה חרבו פני האדמה׃

Morphology

  • ויהי: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • באחת: PREP,NUM,f,sg
  • ושש: CONJ,NUM,m,sg
  • מאות: NUM,card,f,pl
  • שנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בראשון: PREP,ORD,m,sg
  • באחד: PREP,NUM,m,sg
  • לחדש: PREP,NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • חרבו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • המים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • מעל: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ויסר: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,sg
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • את: PRT
  • מכסה: NOUN,m,sg,cs
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • וירא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • והנה: CONJ+INTJ
  • חרבו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • פני: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • האדמה: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 8:5 (verbal): Similar dating and imagery about receding waters—both verses report specific month/day markers and sighting of the land as the flood abates ('tops of the mountains were seen').
  • Genesis 8:14 (verbal): Closely parallel report of the earth becoming dry (later dating): both verses use the same declaration that the earth was dry, giving a fuller chronology of the drying process.
  • Genesis 7:24 (structural): Provides the broader temporal context for the flood ('waters prevailed... an hundred and fifty days'), anchoring Gen 8:13's report of the waters' recession within the flood chronology.
  • Hebrews 11:7 (thematic): Uses Noah and the ark as an example of faith and salvation through water; thematically connects Gen 8:13's account of deliverance and the end of the flood to New Testament interpretation of Noah's significance.
  • 2 Peter 2:5 (allusion): Alludes to the Noahic flood and God's saving of Noah as a pattern of judgment and rescue; echoes the historical event recorded in Gen 8:13 while applying it theologically to later teaching.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were dried from upon the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.
  • And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, that the waters had dried from upon the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.
14 And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

Gen.8.14 - Details

Original Text

ובחדש השני בשבעה ועשרים יום לחדש יבשה הארץ׃

Morphology

  • ובחדש: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • השני: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • בשבעה: PREP+NUM,card,m,sg,abs
  • ועשרים: CONJ+NUM,card,m,pl
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לחדש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יבשה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.8.13 (verbal): Immediate parallel in the flood chronology—both verses report the drying of the earth with precise month/day dating; 8:13 describes waters abating and Noah removing the ark covering just prior to 8:14's statement that the earth was dry.
  • Gen.7.11 (verbal): Uses the same calendrical language (second month) to mark the beginning of the flood (2nd month, 17th day), creating a bookended temporal framework between the flood's start and the earth's drying (2nd month, 27th day).
  • Gen.7.24 (structural): States the waters prevailed 150 days; provides the broader chronological/structural context for the phases of inundation and recession culminating in the earth becoming dry in 8:14.
  • Gen.8.15-19 (structural): Immediate narrative continuation: after the earth is declared dry (8:14), God commands Noah to leave the ark and Noah obeys—8:14 functions as the turning point enabling the ark's inhabitants to disembark.
  • 1 Pet.3.20-21 (allusion): New Testament allusion to Noah's deliverance through the ark and emergence after the waters as a typological reference to salvation and baptism—connects the motif of earth drying and new beginning to theological interpretation.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
  • And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
15 And God spoke to Noah, saying,

Gen.8.15 - Details

Original Text

וידבר אלהים אל־ נח לאמר׃

Morphology

  • וידבר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אלהים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • אל: PREP
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לאמר: PREP+VERB,qal,inf

Parallels

  • Gen.6:13 (verbal): Same prophetic formula — God directly addresses Noah about the impending judgment (Hebrew: 'וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־נֹחַ'), establishing the divine speech frame that continues in Gen 8:15.
  • Gen.7:1 (structural): Parallel command structure — earlier God tells Noah to enter the ark ('Come thou and all thy house into the ark'); Gen 8:15 is the corresponding command to leave, framing the ark narrative with divine imperatives.
  • Gen.9:8 (thematic): God again speaks to Noah (and his sons) to announce the post‑flood covenant and new instructions; continues the theme of God's direct covenantal speech to Noah after the flood.
  • Gen.12:1 (thematic): Similar patriarchal call formula — 'Now the LORD said unto Abram' — another instance where God’s spoken command initiates a pivotal movement/mission for a patriarch, paralleling the functional role of divine speech in Gen 8:15.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And God spoke to Noah, saying:
  • Then God spoke to Noah, saying,
16 Go out of the ark—you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

Gen.8.16 - Details

Original Text

צא מן־ התבה אתה ואשתך ובניך ונשי־ בניך אתך׃

Morphology

  • צא: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,sg
  • מן: PREP
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • אתה: PRON,2,m,sg
  • ואשתך: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs+SUF:2,m,sg
  • ובניך: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs+SUF:2,m,sg
  • ונשי: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,abs+SUF:2,m,sg
  • בניך: NOUN,m,pl,abs+SUF:2,m,sg
  • אתך: PREP+SUF:2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Genesis 7:1 (verbal): The reverse command at the flood's outset — God tells Noah and his household to 'come into the ark,' which parallels the later command to come out.
  • Genesis 6:18 (thematic): God's covenant promise to preserve Noah and his family 'with you shall come into the ark' frames the preservation that makes the later exit possible.
  • Genesis 8:18 (verbal): Immediate narrative parallel: this verse records the actual action — Noah, his wife, his sons and their wives 'went forth' from the ark, repeating the persons named in 8:16.
  • Genesis 9:1 (thematic): God's blessing to Noah and his sons ('Be fruitful and multiply') follows and presupposes their exit from the ark as the renewal of human life on earth.
  • 1 Peter 3:20-21 (allusion): The New Testament draws on the ark motif: the rescue of eight persons through the waters is used typologically to speak of salvation and new life, echoing the significance of leaving the ark.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Go out from the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.
  • Go out from the ark—you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.
17 Every living thing that is with you, of all flesh—of bird and of livestock and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth—bring out with you; and let them swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.

Gen.8.17 - Details

Original Text

כל־ החיה אשר־ אתך מכל־ בשר בעוף ובבהמה ובכל־ הרמש הרמש על־ הארץ היצא אתך ושרצו בארץ ופרו ורבו על־ הארץ׃

Morphology

  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • החיה: ADJ,f,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • אתך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • מכל: PREP
  • בשר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בעוף: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ובבהמה: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ובכל: CONJ+PREP+PRON
  • הרמש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הרמש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • היצא: VERB,hiphil,impv,2,m,sg
  • אתך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • ושרצו: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • בארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ופרו: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • ורבו: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,pl
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.1.20-22 (verbal): At creation God commands birds and sea creatures to "be fruitful and multiply"; similar vocabulary and the instruction for living creatures to reproduce.
  • Gen.1.24-25 (thematic): The original creation of land animals — Genesis establishes the categories of beasts, which are now released again to "swarm on the earth" after the Flood.
  • Gen.6.19-20 (structural): Prior instruction to Noah to bring into the ark 'every living thing' mirrors Gen 8:17, which commands those same creatures to come out of the ark.
  • Gen.9.1,7 (verbal): Post-flood blessings to Noah (and to all creatures in 9:1) repeat the command 'be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth,' echoing Gen 8:17's purpose for releasing the animals.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, of birds and of beasts and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth.
  • Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—of birds and of beasts and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—so that they may swarm on the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.
18 And Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.

Gen.8.18 - Details

Original Text

ויצא־ נח ובניו ואשתו ונשי־ בניו אתו׃

Morphology

  • ויצא: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ובניו: CONJ+NOUN,cnst,m,pl,suff:3,m
  • ואשתו: NOUN,f,sg,poss3,m
  • ונשי: CONJ+NOUN,cnst,f,pl
  • בניו: NOUN,cnst,m,pl,suff:3,m
  • אתו: PRT+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Gen.7.13 (verbal): Nearly identical wording listing Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives — here they enter the ark, providing a direct verbal parallel to their exit in 8:18.
  • Gen.6.18 (verbal): God's command/covenant specifying that Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives enter the ark; anticipatory verbal parallel to the same group emerging in 8:18.
  • Gen.9.1 (thematic): After leaving the ark God blesses Noah and his sons to 'be fruitful and multiply,' thematically linked to their departure and role in repopulating the earth.
  • 1 Pet.3.20 (allusion): New Testament allusion to the eight who were saved through water, echoing Noah and his family's preservation and emergence from the ark.
  • Heb.11.7 (thematic): Noah is commended for faith in the NT; the account of his family emerging from the ark is thematically tied to obedience and salvation in this passage.

Alternative generated candidates

  • So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.
  • So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.
19 Every living thing, every creeping thing and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—according to their families, went out from the ark.

Gen.8.19 - Details

Original Text

כל־ החיה כל־ הרמש וכל־ העוף כל רומש על־ הארץ למשפחתיהם יצאו מן־ התבה׃

Morphology

  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • החיה: ADJ,f,sg,def
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • הרמש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וכל: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • העוף: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • רומש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • למשפחתיהם: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,construct,3,mp
  • יצאו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • מן: PREP
  • התבה: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 7:15 (verbal): Almost identical catalog of animals entering/leaving the ark; repeats the movement of 'every living thing' by families/kinds.
  • Genesis 6:19-20 (quotation): God's command to Noah to bring pairs of every living thing into the ark—background instruction that explains why animals come out of the ark.
  • Genesis 1:24-25 (structural): Creation account where the earth brings forth animals 'after their kinds'; echoes the formula 'after their kinds' and the categorization of land animals and creeping things.
  • 1 Peter 3:20 (allusion): New Testament reference to the 'days of Noah' and rescue through water; thematically connects the ark episode with salvation/preservation in Scripture.
  • Hebrews 11:7 (thematic): Highlights Noah's obedience in building the ark to save his household; thematically linked to the ark as means of preservation for humans and animals.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Every living thing, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves upon the earth, by their families, went out of the ark.
  • Every living thing, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves upon the earth, went out from the ark by their families.
20 And Noah built an altar to the LORD, and he took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Gen.8.20 - Details

Original Text

ויבן נח מזבח ליהוה ויקח מכל ׀ הבהמה הטהורה ומכל העוף הטהר ויעל עלת במזבח׃

Morphology

  • ויבן: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • נח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מזבח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ליהוה: PREP+NOUN,prop,m,sg,def
  • ויקח: VERB,qal,imprf,3,m,sg
  • מכל: PREP
  • הבהמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • הטהורה: ADJ,f,sg,def
  • ומכל: CONJ+PREP
  • העוף: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • הטהר: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • ויעל: VERB,qal,impr,3,m,sg
  • עלת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • במזבח: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,def

Parallels

  • Genesis 4:3-4 (thematic): Early human sacrifice: like Abel’s offering of the firstlings, Noah offers animal sacrifices in response to God — both represent primitive cultic actions and divine acceptance of an animal offering.
  • Genesis 12:7-8 (structural): Abram builds an altar to the LORD when God appears/promises him the land — parallels the pattern of building an altar after a divine encounter or deliverance.
  • Genesis 22:9-13 (thematic): Both scenes center on sacrificial action and divine response/provision (Abraham’s near‑sacrifice and the ram provided; Noah’s burnt offering and God’s favourable reaction), highlighting covenantal/relational motifs tied to sacrifice.
  • Exodus 20:24 (structural): God’s instruction about making altars and offering sacrifices establishes the cultic practice underlying Noah’s spontaneous altar-building — shows continuity between individual altars and later commanded worship sites.
  • Leviticus 1:1-17 (verbal): Detailed regulations for the olah (burnt offering) echo the terminology and purpose of Noah’s ‘עלה’ — Noah’s act anticipates the institutionalized burnt‑offering form prescribed in Leviticus.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean beast and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
  • And Noah built an altar to YHWH and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the LORD smelled the soothing aroma, and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground because of the human, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again strike down every living thing as I have done.

Gen.8.21 - Details

Original Text

וירח יהוה את־ ריח הניחח ויאמר יהוה אל־ לבו לא־ אסף לקלל עוד את־ האדמה בעבור האדם כי יצר לב האדם רע מנעריו ולא־ אסף עוד להכות את־ כל־ חי כאשר עשיתי׃

Morphology

  • וירח: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • את: PRT
  • ריח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הניחח: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אל: PREP
  • לבו: NOUN,m,sg,suf:3ms
  • לא: PART,neg
  • אסף: VERB,qal,perf,1,sg
  • לקלל: VERB,qal,inf
  • עוד: ADV
  • את: PRT
  • האדמה: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • בעבור: PREP
  • האדם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • כי: CONJ
  • יצר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • לב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • האדם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • רע: ADJ,m,sg
  • מנעריו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,suf:3ms
  • ולא: CONJ
  • אסף: VERB,qal,perf,1,sg
  • עוד: ADV
  • להכות: VERB,qal,inf
  • את: PRT
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • חי: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • כאשר: CONJ
  • עשיתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,sg

Parallels

  • Gen.6:5-7 (thematic): Describes the pre-flood reason for God’s judgment — human wickedness and God’s intent to destroy — which Genesis 8:21 now contrasts by resolving not to curse the ground or wipe out all life again.
  • Gen.9:11-17 (structural): The Noahic covenant immediately follows and formalizes Genesis 8:21’s promise: God pledges never again to destroy all flesh by a flood and gives the rainbow as its sign.
  • Lev.1:9 (verbal): Uses the same sacrificial language — an offering producing a ‘pleasing aroma/odor to the LORD’ — linking Noah’s sacrifice in 8:20–21 to cultic vocabulary for accepted worship.
  • Jer.17:9 (thematic): Declares the deceitful/corrupt nature of the human heart — a later prophetic restatement of the idea in 8:21 that ‘the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth.’
  • Rom.3:10-12 (thematic): Paul’s summary of universal human sinfulness (‘none righteous… all have turned aside’) echoes Genesis 8:21’s assertion of innate human evil as the basis for God’s moral assessment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground because of humankind, for the inclination of the heart of humankind is evil from his youth; nor will I again strike down every living thing as I have done.
  • And YHWH smelled the pleasing aroma, and YHWH said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground because of the human, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again strike down all living as I have done.
22 While all the days of the earth remain, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Gen.8.22 - Details

Original Text

עד כל־ ימי הארץ זרע וקציר וקר וחם וקיץ וחרף ויום ולילה לא ישבתו׃

Morphology

  • עד: PREP
  • כל: ADJ,m,sg
  • ימי: NOUN,m,pl,construct
  • הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • זרע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וקציר: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וקר: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וחם: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וקיץ: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וחרף: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ויום: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולילה: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לא: PART,neg
  • ישבתו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Genesis 1:14-19 (structural): Both passages ground the regular cycle of day, night and seasons in God’s ordering of creation — Gen 1 assigns lights to mark times, days and years, which Gen 8:22 affirms will continue.
  • Jeremiah 31:35-36 (allusion): Jeremiah invokes the fixed ordinances of sun and moon as guarantees of God’s covenantal faithfulness, echoing Gen 8:22’s appeal to the continual operation of seasons as a sign of divine constancy.
  • Psalm 104:19 (verbal): The psalm explicitly links the moon and sun to the marking of seasons and times, using language close to Gen 8:22’s theme of ongoing seedtime and harvest and the rhythms of day and night.
  • Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (thematic): Both texts emphasize the regular, appointed rhythms of life and nature — ‘a time for everything’ parallels Gen 8:22’s assurance that seasonal cycles and temporal rhythms will not cease.

Alternative generated candidates

  • While all the days of the earth remain, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
  • While all the days of the earth remain, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

And it happened, when humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

that the sons of God saw the daughters of humankind, that they were beautiful; and they took for themselves wives from all whom they chose. And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not abide in the human forever, for he also is flesh; and his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God came in to the daughters of humankind and they bore children to them. These were the mighty ones who were of old, men of renown. And the LORD saw that the wickedness of the human was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the day. And the LORD regretted that he had made the human on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. And the LORD said, I will wipe out the human whom I have created from the face of the ground—from human to livestock, to creeping thing, and to the bird of the heavens—for I regret that I have made them. But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generations; Noah walked with God. And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Now the earth was ruined before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God saw the earth, and behold, it was ruined, for all flesh had ruined its way upon the earth. And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.

Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; rooms you shall make in the ark, and you shall cover it with pitch inside and out.

This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

A window you shall make for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and the entrance of the ark you shall set in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third stories. And I—behold, I am bringing the flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under the heavens; everything that is on the earth shall perish. But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark—you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every kind you shall bring into the ark to keep alive with you; they shall be male and female.

Of the bird according to its kind, and of the livestock according to its kind, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every sort shall come to you to keep alive. And you, take for yourself of every food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself, and it shall be for you and for them for food. And Noah did according to all that God commanded him; so he did.

Then the LORD said to Noah, Come, you and all your household, into the ark; for you I have seen righteous before me in this generation.

Of every clean animal take with you seven pairs, the male and his mate; and of the animal that is not clean, two, the male and his mate.

Also of the birds of the heavens, seven pairs, male and female, to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.

For in seven days more I am causing it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will wipe out from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made. And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him. And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.

Of the clean animals and of the animals that are not clean, and of the birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,

two by two they came to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. And it happened after seven days that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month—on that day all the fountains of the great deep were split open, and the windows of the heavens were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

On that very day Noah came, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark.

They and every wild animal after its kind, and all the livestock after its kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind—every bird, every winged creature—

they came to Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the breath of life. And those that came, male and female of all flesh, came as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in. And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed very greatly upon the earth, and all the high mountains that were under all the heavens were covered.

Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed, and the mountains were covered. And all flesh perished that moved upon the earth—birds and livestock and wild animals and all the swarming creatures that swarm upon the earth—and all humankind.

Everything on dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life died. And he wiped out every existing thing that was on the face of the ground—from human to livestock to creeping thing and to the bird of the heavens; they were wiped from the earth, and only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark. And the waters prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days. And God remembered Noah, and all the living creatures and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

The fountains of the deep were stopped up, and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained. And the waters receded from upon the earth, going and returning; and at the end of one hundred and fifty days the waters had abated. And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. And the waters were going and abating until the tenth month; in the tenth, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen. And it happened at the end of forty days that Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made,

and he sent forth the raven; and it went out, going out and returning, until the waters were dried up from upon the earth.

Then he sent forth the dove from him, to see whether the waters had abated from upon the face of the ground. But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for waters were on the face of all the earth; and he stretched out his hand and took her and brought her to himself into the ark. And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove from the ark. And the dove came to him at eventide, and behold, an olive leaf freshly plucked was in her mouth; so Noah knew that the waters had abated from upon the earth. And he waited yet another seven days, and he sent forth the dove, and she did not return again to him anymore. And it happened in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters had dried from upon the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. And God spoke to Noah, saying,

Go out of the ark—you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

Every living thing that is with you, of all flesh—of bird and of livestock and of every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth—bring out with you; and let them swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth. And Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.

Every living thing, every creeping thing and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—according to their families, went out from the ark. And Noah built an altar to the LORD, and he took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the LORD smelled the soothing aroma, and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground because of the human, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again strike down every living thing as I have done.

While all the days of the earth remain, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.