Genesis 6:18 (WEB)
But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.
Fathers and councils · 3
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Further, they declare that the arrangement made with respect to the ark in the Deluge, by means of which eight persons were saved, most clearly indicates the Ogdoad which brings salvation.” — editor's note: Gen. vi. 18; 1 Pet. iii. 20.
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Tertullian
“Noah also, uncircumcised—yes, and inobservant of the Sabbath—God freed from the deluge.” — editor's note: Gen. vi. 18; vii. 23; 2 Pet. ii. 5.
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John Damascene
“Noah when he was commanded to enter the ark and was entrusted with the preservation of the seed of the world received this command, Go in, saith the Lord, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives.” — editor's note: Gen. vi. 18; vii. 1.
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