7

7, Seven

Flood

• God told Noah to go into the ark 7 days before the rain fell. (Genesis 7:4,7:10)
• 7 pairs of all clean animals entered the ark (Genesis 7:2)
• 7 pairs of all birds entered the ark (Genesis 7:3)
• The flood waters abated, and the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat during the seventh month. (Genesis 8:4)
• Noah waited 7 days in between tests when sending a dove out to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground. On the third time, she did not return. (Genesis 8:6-12)

Sabbath

Covenant

When Abraham reproved Abimelech about the well his servants seized, Abimelech claimed ignorance. Abraham gave him sheep and oxen and made a covenant, setting 7 ewe lambs apart as witness that he dug this well. The place was called Beersheba.

(Genesis 21)