Genesis 7:1-4

⮝ Genesis 7

⮜ Law Analysis overview

1 YHWH said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation. 2 You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female. 3 Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth. 4 In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.” Genesis 7:1-4WEB

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The Command[/Principle]

This passage contains a positive command, with immediate and limited relevance, directed toward Noah: "Come thou and all thy house into the ark" with additional details to add to the previous directive from Genesis 6:13-21.

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This command, being immediate in scope, is not a law for all humanity. It is part of the Principles and Definitions, and it is part of a broader context which helps us to understand Corporate Judgment.

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This command is limited in function and application. It was fulfilled by Noah, who is said to have obeyed the command directly in Genesis 7:5.

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This command/principle has direct relevance to an understanding of the following topics:

• Corporate Judgment