Seven

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• Interesting facts concerning this number
• DAYS
• Week consists ofGenesis 2:3Exodus 20:11Deuteronomy 5:13Deuteronomy 5:14
• Noah in the ark before the great flood forGenesis 7:4Genesis 7:10
• Noah remains in the ark after sending forth the dove forGenesis 8:10Genesis 8:12
• Mourning for Jacob lasted forGenesis 50:10
• The sympathy for JOB by Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar forJob 2:13
• The plague of bloody waters in Egypt lasted forExodus 7:25
• The Israelites encircled Jericho forJoshua 6:4
• The Passover lasted forExodus 12:15
• Saul directed by Samuel to stay at Gilgal awaiting the prophet' s command for1 Samuel 10:81 Samuel 13:8
• The elders of Jabesh-gilead ask for a truce of1 Samuel 11:3

The passages, in Bible order (105)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 2:3

   Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 2:31 voice

   “He created heaven and earth at the time when the months began, from which time it is fitting that the world took its rise. Then there was the mild temperature of spring, a season suitable for all things. Consequently the year too has the stamp of a world coming to birth.… In order to show that the creation of the world took place in the spring, Scripture says: "This month shall be to you the beginning of months, it is for you the first in the months of the year," calling the first month the springtime.

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2. 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;

   ›Commentary on Genesis 7:21 voice

   “Now let us consider by what means Noah commanded the clean animals to enter the ark, seven and seven, male and female (Gen. VII, 2): but of the unclean animals, two and two, so that the seed may be nourished in all the earth. And as I think, he asserts that the clean week begins; because the world and the sacred seventh number are clean. For it is not mixed with any other, nor is it generated from another.

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3. 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.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 7:42 voices

   “For yet seven days,....

   “God granted one hundred years while the ark was being made to that generation, and still they did not repent. God summoned beasts that they had never seen and still they showed no remorse. He established a state of peace between the predatory animals and …

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4. Genesis 7:10

   And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.

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   “And when seven days had passed, the waters of the flood inundated the earth. The seventh day signifies the Sabbath, that is, the rest of future life. Therefore, since the flood signifies the water of baptism, aptly after seven days from when the ark was …

   “And it came to pass after seven days,.... Were ended, or on the seventh day, after God had given the orders to Noah, to prepare for his going into the ark, with his family, and all the creatures: that the waters of the flood were upon the earth: that is, they began to be upon the earth; for it continued to rain from hence forty days and forty nights; and still the waters continued to increase, and it was an hundred and fifty days before they began to ebb.

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5. Genesis 8:10

   Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

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   “And he stayed yet other seven days,.... As he had stayed seven days between the sending out of the raven and the dove, so he stayed seven days more after he had sent out the dove, and it returned to him, waiting patiently for his deliverance, and the signs of it; though he could have been glad to have known its near approach, for which he made the experiments be did: and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; very probably the selfsame dove he had sent out before.

   “For as Noah's ark preserved alive everyone whom it had taken in when the world was going under, so also Peter's church will bring back unhurt everyone whom it embraces when the world goes up in flames. And as a dove brought the sign of …

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6. Genesis 8:12

   And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 8:122 voices

   “Noah then understood that the waters had subsided from the earth, and he waited another seven days, and sent out the dove, which did not return to him again. The dove, which left the ark once the waters subsided and did not return, signifies the …

   “And he stayed yet other seven days,....

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7. Genesis 21:28

   Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

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   “And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. Separate from the sheep and oxen he gave to Abimelech, and from those that were used in making the covenant.

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8. Genesis 29:15–30

   Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

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   “And Laban said unto Jacob, because thou art my brother,....

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9. Genesis 41:1–32

   After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,

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   “And it came to pass at the end of two full years,....

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10. Genesis 41:2–7

    when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

    ›Commentary on Genesis 41:2–72 voices

    “(Chapter 41, Verse 2) And behold, seven cows were coming up from the river, attractive to look at, well-fed and well-built, and they were grazing in the meadow. In Genesis it is written as Achi (Ἄχα), which is neither a Greek nor Latin word. Even in Hebrew it is corrupted: it is said to be Ahu (אָחוּ), which means 'in the marsh'.

    “And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine, and fatfleshed,.... Seven cows or heifers, sleek, fat, and plump, goodly to look at; these seemed in the dream, as if they came out of the river, because they were fed with the fruits of the earth, which the overflowing of the river Nile, and its canals, produced: and they fed in a meadow; adjoining to the river, where there was good pasture for them, and gives a reason of their being in so good a condition.

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11. Genesis 41:53

    When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,

    ›Commentary on Genesis 41:531 voice

    “And the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt were ended. Perhaps quickly after the birth of Ephraim, Joseph's second son; since the account follows upon that, and it is certain that he was born before the years of famine began, Gen 41:50; some connect the words, "moreover when" the seven years of plenty were ended, then began, as follows, seven years of famine; these events were fulfilled just as Joseph had predicted.

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12. Genesis 41:54–56

    the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.

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    “And the seven years of dearth began to come, as Joseph had said,....

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13. Genesis 50:10

    When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.

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    “And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad,....

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14. Exodus 7:25

    And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.

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    “And seven days were fulfilled,.... Or there were full seven days, a whole week: after that the Lord had smitten the river, and turned it into blood; here the miracle is ascribed to him; Moses and Aaron, and the rod they used, were only instruments, nothing short of almighty power could do such a miracle; it seems this lasted seven days at least. It began, as Bishop Usher (o) computes it, on the eighteen day of the sixth month, or Adar, part of February and part of March, and ended the twenty fifth of the same.

    “Seven days - This marks the duration of the plague. The natural discoloration of the Nile water lasts generally much longer, about 20 days.

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15. Exodus 12:15

    For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 12:152 voices

    “Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread,....

    “Cut off - The penalty inflicted on those who transgressed the command may be accounted for on the ground that it was an act of rebellion; but additional light is thrown upon it by the typical meaning assigned to leaven by our Lord, Mat 16:6.

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16. Exodus 20:11

    For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

    ›Commentary on Exodus 20:111 voice

    “The reason for the precept is added, where it says: In six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all things that are in them, and he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed and sanctified it. But why does …

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