Genesis 7:1 (BSB)

Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

From Genesis 7. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Genesis 7:1

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Genesis 7:1: 1. And the Lord said unto Noah . I have no doubt that Noah was confirmed, as he certainly needed to be, by oracles frequently repeated. He had already sustained, during one hundred years, the greatest and most furious assaults; and the invincible combatant had achieved memorable victories; but the most severe contest of all was, to bid farewell to the world, to renounce society...
  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 7:1-4: Here is, I. A gracious invitation of Noah and his family into a place of safety, now that the flood of waters was coming, Gen 7:1. 1. The call itself is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children, to come in doors, when he sees night or a storm coming: Come thou, and all thy house, that small family that thou hast, into the ark.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 7:1: And the Lord said unto Noah,.... After Noah had built the ark, and got all things ready as were commanded him; and when it was but seven days ere the flood would begin: Come thou and all thy house into the ark; that is, he and his wife, his three sons and their wives: for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation...
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Genesis 7:1: And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. (a) In respect to the rest of the world, and because he had a desire to serve God and live uprightly.