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Genesis 7:16

King James Version (KJV)

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Genesis 7:16

Verse 16 of 24

Scripture focus

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

Genesis 7:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 7:16

Theological / Devotional

The Lord shut him in. This statement emphasizes the miraculous nature of events during the week immediately preceding the Flood. This divine act signified also that the time of grace for the fallen race had reached its end. As in the days of Noah the door of mercy closed a short time prior to the day of God’s visitation, so in these last days God’s people are to be warned, “Shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself’ (Isa. 26:20, 21; Matt. 24:37-39; 2 Peter 3:6, 7).

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