Genesis 7:1

7:1 The Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation. ¹ 

Genesis 7:7-9

7:7 Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because ²  of the floodwaters. 7:8 Pairs ³  of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground, 7:9 male and female, came into the ark to Noah, ⁴  just as God had commanded him. ⁵ 

Genesis 6:18

6:18 but I will confirm ⁶  my covenant with you. You will enter ⁷  the ark – you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

Hebrews 11:7

11:7 By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard ⁸  constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 11:1

People Commended for Their Faith

11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

Hebrews 3:1-2

Jesus and Moses

3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, ⁹  partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, ¹⁰  3:2 who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s ¹¹  house. ¹² 

Hebrews 2:5

Exposition of Psalm 8: Jesus and the Destiny of Humanity

2:5 For he did not put the world to come, ¹³  about which we are speaking, ¹⁴  under the control of angels.

[7:1]  ¹ tn Heb “for you I see [as] godly before me in this generation.” The direct object (“you”) is placed first in the clause to give it prominence. The verb “to see” here signifies God’s evaluative discernment.

[7:7]  ² tn The preposition מִן (min) is causal here, explaining why Noah and his family entered the ark.

[7:8]  ³ tn Heb “two two” meaning “in twos.”

[7:9]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text of vv. 8-9a reads, “From the clean animal[s] and from the animal[s] which are not clean and from the bird[s] and everything that creeps on the ground, two two they came to Noah to the ark, male and female.”

[7:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “Noah”; the pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[6:18]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew verb וַהֲקִמֹתִי (vahaqimoti) is the Hiphil perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive (picking up the future sense from the participles) from קוּם (qum, “to rise up”). This may refer to the confirmation or fulfillment of an earlier promise, but it is more likely that it anticipates the unconditional promise made to humankind following the flood (see Gen 9:9, 11, 17).

[6:18]  ⁷ tn The perfect verb form with vav (ו) consecutive is best understood as specific future, continuing God’s description of what will happen (see vv. 17-18a).

[11:7]  ⁸ tn Cf. BDAG 407 s.v. εὐλαβέομαι 2, “out of reverent regard (for God’s command).”

[3:1]  ⁹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[3:1]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “of our confession.”

[3:2]  ¹¹ tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

[3:2]  ¹² tc ‡ The reading adopted by the translation follows a few early mss and some versions (Ì^13,46vid B vg^ms co Ambr). The majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï lat sy) insert “all” (“in all his house”), apparently in anticipation of Heb 3:5 which quotes directly from Num 12:7. On balance, the omission better explains the rise of ὅλῳ ({olw, “all”) than vice versa. NA²⁷ puts ὅλῳ in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[2:5]  ¹³ sn The phrase the world to come means “the coming inhabited earth,” using the Greek term which describes the world of people and their civilizations.

[2:5]  ¹⁴ sn See the previous reference to the world in Heb 1:6.