Génesis 7

Génesis 7

El panorama

Génesis 7 abre con “And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I…”, cambia cerca del versículo 12 con “And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.” y termina con “And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.

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Génesis · Versión King James · 24

Génesis 7:1-8

Versículos 1–8: The LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for…

Génesis 7:1–8 abre con “And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen…” y llega a “Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla El juicio cae sobre un mundo lleno de violencia, pero Noé, su familia y los animales del arca atraviesan las aguas hacia un pacto renovado.

Contexto que da vida al pasaje

“And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in…” Nombrar a Come y Noah mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.

“Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen alive, earth, face. Su relación con los versículos 2 y 4 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.

Génesis 7:1-8

Versión King James

1And 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.

2Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

5And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

7And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

Génesis 7:9-16

Versículos 9–16: There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the…

Génesis 7:9–16 abre con “There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded…” y llega a “And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla El juicio cae sobre un mundo lleno de violencia, pero Noé, su familia y los animales del arca atraviesan las aguas hacia un pacto renovado.

Contexto que da vida al pasaje

“There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.

“In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all…” El número six hace concreto el relato. Antes de decidir su peso, observa si mide tiempo, personas, distancia, repetición o totalidad.

Génesis 7:9-16

Versión King James

9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

10And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

13In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

14They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

15And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

Génesis 7:17-24

Versículos 17–24: The flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and…

Génesis 7:17–24 abre con “And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and…” y llega a “And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla El juicio cae sobre un mundo lleno de violencia, pero Noé, su familia y los animales del arca atraviesan las aguas hacia un pacto renovado.

Contexto que da vida al pasaje

“And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above…” El número forty hace concreto el relato. Antes de decidir su peso, observa si mide tiempo, personas, distancia, repetición o totalidad.

“And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were…” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen covered, earth, exceedingly. Su relación con los versículos 18 y 20 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.

Génesis 7:17-24

Versión King James

17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

21And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

22All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

23And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

24And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

Detalles que vale la pena notar

24versículos en esta lectura
3movimientos principales
1versículos con diálogo

La imagen inicial

Genesis 7:1 comienza con “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.”

Dónde cambia el capítulo

Genesis 7:10 forma un giro natural: “And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.”

La nota final

Genesis 7:24 deja al lector con “And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.”

Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo

Las palabras earth, Noah, waters, days, female, forty ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.

Primero el texto

Donde difieren los lectores

El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.

El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.

Perspectivas interpretativas

¿Fue el diluvio global o regional?

El relato emplea lenguaje abarcador sobre la tierra, los seres vivos y las aguas sobre los montes. Una lectura global entiende ese alcance en sentido mundial; una lectura regional sostiene que expresiones universales pueden describir el mundo conocido por el relato. Ambas deben explicar los detalles y las repeticiones de Génesis 6 a 9.

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