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The events in this chapter take place after Noah built the ark, gathered the food, and put it in the ark.
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## Come…into the ark ##
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This could be translated as "Go…into the ark" or "Enter the ship."
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## you ##
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The word "you" is singular. It refers to Noah (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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## your household ##
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"your family"
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## righteous before me ##
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This means that God saw Noah as righteous.
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## in this generation ##
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This refers to all the people who were living at that time. It can be translated as "among all the people who are now living."
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## clean animal ##
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This was an animal that God allowed people to give him as a sacrifice.
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## animals that are not clean ##
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These were animals that God did not allow people to offer as sacrifices.
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## to preserve their offspring ##
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"so that they will have offspring that will live" or "so that, after the flood, animals will continue to live."
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