Genesis 6 told about Noah before the Flood. Genesis 7 tells about Noah making final preparations before the Flood and what happened during the Flood.
Understanding the Scriptures
Genesis 7
| Clean, not clean (vv. 2, 8) | Animals considered acceptable or unacceptable to eat and to be sacrificed to God | |
| Keep seed alive (v. 3) | To allow them to reproduce | |
| For yet (v. 4) | In | |
| Fountains (v. 11) | Springs of water | |
| Great deep (v. 11) | Ocean | |
| Flesh (vv. 15–16, 21) | Animals (vv. 15–16), people (v. 21) | |
| Prevailed (vv. 18–19, 24) | Flooded |
Studying the Scriptures
Do activity A as you study Genesis 7.
Find Out What Happened
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1.
Read 1 Peter 3:18–20 and Doctrine and Covenants 138:6–11, 28–35 and describe what Jesus Christ did for the people destroyed in the Flood.
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2.
What does it teach you about the Savior to know He did the things described in 1 Peter and Doctrine and Covenants 138?
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