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Parashas Noach · Entry command · Passuk 7:1

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ לְנֹ֔חַ בֹּֽא־אַתָּ֥ה וְכׇל־בֵּיתְךָ֖ אֶל־הַתֵּבָ֑ה כִּֽי־אֹתְךָ֥ רָאִ֛יתִי צַדִּ֥יק לְפָנַ֖י בַּדּ֥וֹר הַזֶּֽה׃

Hashem said to Noach: “Come, you and all your household, into the ark, for you have I seen righteous before Me in this generation.”

Chabad.org — 7:1

Source Citation

Ohr HaChaim on Genesis 7:1 — why the renewed statement of Noach’s righteousness.

Sefaria — Ohr HaChaim on Genesis 7:1

Core Text

Core Text
כִּי אֹתְךָ רָאִיתִי — צָרִיךְ לָדַעַת לָמָּה הֻצְרַךְ לְטַעַם זֶה מֵחָדָשׁ? … חָשׁ ה׳ עַל נֹחַ לְבַל יִטְעֶה…

English: “For you have I seen [righteous]” — Why was this reason needed again? … Hashem was concerned lest Noach err in one of two ways: either to think that all his household were righteous in their own right, or to think that the sons and their wives were saved only through his merit without any distinction…

In context: Ohr HaChaim explains the renewed affirmation of Noach’s unique status as a safeguard against two possible misunderstandings of the command to bring the entire household into the ark.

Type of Learning

Custom (Ohr HaChaim’s resolution of the apparent repetition).

What Is Learned

The repetition clarifies that the household is saved through Noach’s merit while still distinguishing his unique righteousness from theirs.