Genesis 7 (NIV)

1. The LORD then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
2. Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,
3. and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
4. Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.”
5. And Noah did all that the LORD commanded him.
6. Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth.
7. And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
8. Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground,
9. male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah.
10. And after the seven days the floodwaters came on the earth.
11. In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
12. And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
13. On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.
14. They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings.
15. Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.
16. The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
17. For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.
18. The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
19. They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.
20. The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.
21. Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.
22. Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
23. Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.
24. The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.

Genesis 7 details the events of the Great Flood, where God’s judgment on a corrupt world unfolds, and His mercy in preserving life through Noah is revealed.

1. God’s Command to Enter the Ark:
   • God instructs Noah to enter the ark with his family and specifies taking seven pairs of every clean animal and one pair of every unclean animal, along with birds, to preserve their species.
   • He warns that in seven days, He will send rain for forty days and forty nights to destroy all life on earth.
2. Noah’s Obedience:
   • Noah, at the age of 600, faithfully follows all of God’s commands. He enters the ark with his wife, sons, and their wives, along with the specified animals.
3. The Flood Begins:
   • On the seventh day, the floodwaters come. The fountains of the deep burst open, and the windows of heaven are unleashed.
   • Rain falls for forty days and forty nights, covering the earth and submerging even the highest mountains under water.
4. The Destruction of All Life:
   • Every living creature outside the ark perishes—humans, animals, birds, and everything that breathes. This emphasizes the completeness of God’s judgment.
5. God Preserves Noah and the Ark’s Inhabitants:
   • The ark floats on the waters, carrying Noah, his family, and the animals. The floodwaters prevail for 150 days, completely covering the earth.

Genesis 7 highlights both the devastating consequences of human sin and the hope of salvation through obedience to God. It underscores God’s justice and faithfulness in preserving life for a new beginning.

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