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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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And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark(A) to escape the waters of the flood.

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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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17 For forty days(A) the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.

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[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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Footnotes

  1. 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.

if he did not spare the ancient world(A) when he brought the flood on its ungodly people,(B) but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;(C)

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