Genesis 7 in the early church
245 passages quote, allude to, or echo Genesis 7, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
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Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:1 | 1 Clement 7.6 · Clement of Rome | echo, medium confidence | ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) |
| Gen 7:1–23 | Against Heresies 1.30.10 · Irenaeus of Lyons | allusion, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Gen 7:1 | Homilies 9.1 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
| Gen 7:1 | Homilies 17.4 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | 4th century (reworking earlier material) |
| Gen 7:1 | Preparation for the Gospel 7.8.17 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Gen 7:1 | Demonstration 9.1 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Gen 7:1 | Demonstration 13.5 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Gen 7:1 | Demonstration 13.7 · Aphrahat | quotation, medium confidence | 337-345 |
| Gen 7:1 | Demonstration 14.6 · Aphrahat | allusion, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Gen 7:1 | Oration III Against the Arians 45 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 339–346 |
| Gen 7:1 | Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.24 · Pacian of Barcelona | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360-390 |
| Gen 7:1 | Oration 4.15 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Gen 7:1 | Oration 43.58 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Gen 7:1–16 | Tractates 1.6.4 · Zeno of Verona | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362-380 |
| Gen 7:1 | On Noah 36 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:1 | On Noah 37 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:1 | On Noah 38 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:1–24 | Book of Heresies 122.1 · Philastrius of Brescia | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380s |
| Gen 7:1 | Petition to the Emperors (Libellus precum) 22 · Faustinus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 383–384 |
| Gen 7:1 | Letter 93.27 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Gen 7:1–16 | Against Secundinus the Manichaean 23 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 399 |
| Gen 7:1–23 | On Baptism, against the Donatists 5.39 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 400–401 |
| Gen 7:1 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 11.7 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 406–420 |
| Gen 7:1–3 | Book 2, lines 422–444 · Claudius Marius Victor | allusion, high confidence | ca. 425-430 |
| Gen 7:1–24 | Book 2, chapter 14 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | ca. 440-450 |
Genesis 7:2
You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:2–3 | On Idolatry 24 · Tertullian | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 196–211 |
| Gen 7:2 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment I (on Gen 6:18) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Gen 7:2–3 | On Monogamy 4 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 210–217 |
| Gen 7:2 | Fragments on Genesis, column 105 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Gen 7:2 | Fragments on Genesis, column 165 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Gen 7:2 | PG 12:1075 (Ps 1 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Gen 7:2–3 | Refutation of All Heresies 9.12.23 · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 222–235 |
| Gen 7:2 | Against Celsus 4.41 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Gen 7:2 | On Jewish Foods 2 · Novatian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 250–258 |
| Gen 7:2 | Against Novatian 2 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | after 251 (disputed) |
| Gen 7:2 | On the Making of the World 8 · Victorinus of Pettau | allusion, high confidence | late 3rd century |
| Gen 7:2 | Tractates on the Psalms 140.7 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Gen 7:2 | Three Letters to Sympronianus 3.21 · Pacian of Barcelona | allusion, high confidence | ca. 360-390 |
| Gen 7:2 | Letter 22.19 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Gen 7:2 | Letter 35.2 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Gen 7:2 | Letter 49.19 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Gen 7:2 | Letter 123.8 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Gen 7:2 | Letter 123.11 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Gen 7:2 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 1.1.7 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, high confidence | 374-377 |
| Gen 7:2 | On Noah 39 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:2 | On Noah 41 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:2 | Letter 108.20 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Gen 7:2 | Sermon 264.8 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Gen 7:2–3 | Against Jovinianus 1.16 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | 393 |
| Gen 7:2–3 | Against Jovinianus 2.15 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | 393 |
| Gen 7:2–3 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.15 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Gen 7:2 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.38 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Gen 7:2–3 | Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 43–45 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 5th century (disputed) |
| Gen 7:2–3 | City of God 15.27 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 413–426 |
| Gen 7:2–3 | City of God 16.7 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | 413–426 |
| Gen 7:2 | On Faith and Works 49 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 413 |
| Gen 7:2–3 | Sermon 163 · Peter Chrysologus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 425-450 |
| Gen 7:2 | The Conferences 8.23 · John Cassian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 426–429 |
| Gen 7:2–3 | Part 1, chapter 7 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage | allusion, high confidence | ca. 445-450 |
Genesis 7:3
and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:3 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment I (on Gen 6:18) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Gen 7:3 | On Noah 39 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
Genesis 7:4
For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:4 | Against Marcion 2.14 · Tertullian | allusion, medium confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Gen 7:4 | Commentary on John 6.65 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| Gen 7:4 | Oration III Against the Arians 45 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 339–346 |
| Gen 7:4 | On Noah 42 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:4 | On Noah 43 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:4 | On Noah 45 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:4 | On Noah 46 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:4 | Sermon 51.31 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Gen 7:4–8:7 | Genesis, lines 279–302 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
| Gen 7:4 | Sermon 166 · Peter Chrysologus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
Genesis 7:5
And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:5 | On Noah 47 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
Genesis 7:6
Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:6 | To Autolycus 3.24 · Theophilus of Antioch | allusion, high confidence | ca. 180–185 |
| Gen 7:6 | Against Heresies 5.29.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons | allusion, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Gen 7:6 | Fragments on Genesis, column 105 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Gen 7:6–7 | Fragment 7 · Julius Africanus | allusion, high confidence | after 221 |
| Gen 7:6 | Divine Institutes 2.13.2 · Lactantius | allusion, high confidence | ca. 303–311 |
| Gen 7:6 | Demonstration 2.8 · Aphrahat | allusion, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Gen 7:6 | Demonstration 13.7 · Aphrahat | allusion, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Gen 7:6 | Catechetical Lecture 2.5 · Cyril of Jerusalem | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 350 |
| Gen 7:6 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.18 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Gen 7:6 | City of God 15.11 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 413–426 |
Genesis 7:7
And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:7 | Dialogue with Trypho 19.4 · Justin Martyr | allusion, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Gen 7:7 | On Monogamy 4 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 210–217 |
| Gen 7:7 | Fragments on Genesis, column 105 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Gen 7:7 | Refutation of All Heresies 10.30.7 · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 222–235 |
| Gen 7:7 | Apology for Origen 6.1 · Pamphilus of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 308–310 (Rufinus's Latin about 397) |
| Gen 7:7 | Catechetical Lecture 0.14 · Cyril of Jerusalem | allusion, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Gen 7:7 | Letter 22.38 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Gen 7:7 | Letter 123.11 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Gen 7:7 | On Noah 76 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:7 | Against Jovinianus 1.17 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | 393 |
| Gen 7:7–16 | Book 2, lines 445–467 · Claudius Marius Victor | allusion, high confidence | ca. 425-430 |
Genesis 7:8
The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:8 | Letter 123.8 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Gen 7:8 | On Faith and Works 49 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 413 |
Genesis 7:9
came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:9 | Fragments on Genesis, column 105 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Gen 7:9 | On the Soul and Its Origin 4.6 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 419–420 |
Genesis 7:10
And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:10 | On Noah 42 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:10 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.17 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Genesis 7:12
And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:12 | To Autolycus 3.19 · Theophilus of Antioch | allusion, high confidence | ca. 180–185 |
| Gen 7:12 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment III · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Gen 7:12 | Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 811 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Gen 7:12 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 56 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| Gen 7:12 | Commentary on Matthew 3 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 353–355 |
| Gen 7:12 | On Noah 43 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:12 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.17 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Gen 7:12 | City of God 15.14 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 413–426 |
| Gen 7:12 | Sermon 166 · Peter Chrysologus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
| Gen 7:12 | On the Governance of God 1.33 · Salvian of Marseilles | quotation, high confidence | ca. 439-451 |
Genesis 7:13
On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
Genesis 7:16
And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:16 | Dialogue with Trypho 127.1 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Gen 7:16 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment III · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, medium confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Gen 7:16 | Against Praxeas 16 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | ca. 213 or later |
| Gen 7:16 | Fragments on Genesis, column 163 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Gen 7:16 | On Noah 50 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
Genesis 7:17
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
Genesis 7:18
So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:18 | On Noah 51 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:18 | Letters 49.7 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 394–413 |
Genesis 7:19
Finally, the waters completely prevailed upon the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:19 | Sang. 6 · Methodius of Olympus | allusion, medium confidence | late 3rd cent. (disputed) |
| Gen 7:19 | Divine Institutes 2.13.2 · Lactantius | allusion, high confidence | ca. 303–311 |
| Gen 7:19–20 | Hexameron (Exameron) 3.14 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-390 |
| Gen 7:19–20 | Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 33–36 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 5th century (disputed) |
| Gen 7:19 | Seven Books of History against the Pagans 1.3.3 · Orosius | allusion, high confidence | ca. 417–418 |
Genesis 7:20
The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:20 | Dialogue with Trypho 138.3 · Justin Martyr | allusion, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Gen 7:20 | To Autolycus 3.19 · Theophilus of Antioch | allusion, high confidence | ca. 180–185 |
| Gen 7:20 | On Noah 52 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:20 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.19 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Gen 7:20 | Genesis, lines 303–328 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, medium confidence | early 5th cent. |
| Gen 7:20 | Literal Commentary on Genesis 3.2 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 401–415 |
| Gen 7:20 | City of God 15.27 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 413–426 |
Genesis 7:21
And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:21 | On First Principles 2.5.1 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398) |
| Gen 7:21 | Refutation of All Heresies 5.16.2 · Hippolytus of Rome | echo, low confidence | ca. 222–235 |
| Gen 7:21–23 | On the Shows 10 · Novatian | allusion, medium confidence | mid-3rd cent. (disputed) |
| Gen 7:21 | Commentary on Romans 2.3 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Gen 7:21 | Commentary on Romans 3.2 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 244–246 (Rufinus's translation ca. 405–406) |
| Gen 7:21 | Symposium 5.5 · Methodius of Olympus | allusion, medium confidence | late 3rd century |
| Gen 7:21 | Recognitions 9.30 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407 |
| Gen 7:21 | Book 4, lines 149–173 · Juvencus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 330 |
| Gen 7:21 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 39.3.1 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, medium confidence | 374-377 |
| Gen 7:21–23 | Apostolic Constitutions 7.39.3 · Anonymous | allusion, low confidence | ca. 380 |
| Gen 7:21 | On Noah 53 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:21 | On the Duties of the Clergy 3.18 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–390 |
| Gen 7:21 | On Fleeing the World 39 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 387-391 |
| Gen 7:21–23 | Sermon 176.3 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Gen 7:21–23 | Sermon 302.20 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Gen 7:21–23 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.17 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Gen 7:21 | Questions and Answers to the Orthodox 30 · Anonymous | allusion, low confidence | 5th century (disputed) |
| Gen 7:21 | On the Soul and Its Origin 4.37 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 419–420 |
| Gen 7:21–23 | Sermon 42 · Peter Chrysologus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 425-450 |
| Gen 7:21 | On the Governance of God 1.33 · Salvian of Marseilles | quotation, high confidence | ca. 439-451 |
Genesis 7:22
Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:22 | Question 41, section 1 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |
| Gen 7:22 | On Noah 53 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:22 | Sermon 128.9 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Gen 7:22 | On the Trinity 14.16 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 399–419 |
| Gen 7:22 | City of God 13.24 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
| Gen 7:22 | On the Soul and Its Origin 4.37 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 419–420 |
Genesis 7:23
And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
Genesis 7:24
And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 7:24 | Book of Rules 5 · Tyconius | allusion, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Gen 7:24 | On Noah 60 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 378-384 |
| Gen 7:24 | Homilies on Matthew 14.3 · John Chrysostom | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 390 |
| Gen 7:24 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 12.19 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |