Noah Enter the Ark
Noah Enter the Ark Excerpt Noah is given a week’s warning before the flood begins. The Hebrew word for “rain” in verse 4 is different than the word for “rain” in verse Gen. 7:12 . That used in verse Gen. 7:12 designates a heavy downpour. The rain of verse Gen. 7:4 is no shower—it is to last forty days and forty nights. Noah does what God says ( vv. Gen. 7: 7–9 ) and God fulfills his word ( v. Gen. 7: 10 ). As the flood starts ( Gen. 7:11–16 ), again we find the deliberate use of repetition and summarization. This is a characteristic of epic composition. Note: the flood ( v. Gen. 7: 6 ); entry into the ark ( vv. Gen. 7: 7–9 ); the flood ( vv. Gen. 7: 10–12 ); entry into the ark ( vv. Gen. 7: 13–16 ). Actually, there are two references to the flood’s beginning: verse Gen. 7:10 and verse Gen. 7:11 . The additional data given in verse Gen. 7:11 are about the two sources of t...