What Does Genesis 7:5 Mean in the King James?
And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew word translated “did” also means “made,” so Noah’s response is instruction taking shape in the world.
THE MEANING
For you now, response becomes visible where instruction takes form in action. Noah’s doing carries the command through as a whole, not as a partial gesture. The action itself is the evidence of his response.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It dissolves the idea that inward agreement alone completes a response: here, the response is named in what is done.
THE ROOT
וַיַּעַשׂ
wayyaʿaś
GROWS FROM
עשה
do; make
“did” in this verse is wayyaʿaś. This root can mean both do and make, so the verse presents Noah’s response as something taking shape in action. Its branch מַעֲשֶׂה (maʿăśeh, deed or work) connects doing with the concrete work it produces.
ALSO GROWS
ʿōśeh: one who does or makes
עֹשֶׂה
The same root names the one doing the action; Noah’s “did” is an enacted response.
maʿăśeh: deed; work
מַעֲשֶׂה
The root links the verb “did” with a concrete deed or work, showing the command taking form in action.
THE PATTERN
A command becomes visible when it takes form in action.
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.THE THREAD
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.The same root עשה (ʿasah, do or make) appears in “did” and “so did he,” tying the command to action twice. Genesis 7:5 uses the root again, letting the response appear as a sustained pattern rather than a bare claim.
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