Genesis 7:7
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7 Together with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, Noah went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.(A)
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Genesis 7:17
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17 The flood continued upon the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark, so that it rose above the earth.
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2 Peter 2:5
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5 [a]and if he did not spare the ancient world, even though he preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, together with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the godless world;(A)
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- 2:5–10a Although God did not spare the sinful, he kept and saved the righteous, such as Noah (2 Pt 2:5) and Lot (2 Pt 2:7), and he knows how to rescue the devout (2 Pt 2:9), who are contrasted with the false teachers of the author’s day. On Noah, cf. Gn 5:32–9:29, especially 7:1. On Lot, cf. Gn 13 and 19.
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