The Lord shut him in
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καὶ τὰ εἰσπορευόμενα ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἀπὸ πάσης σαρκὸς εἰσῆλθεν, καθὰ ἐνετείλατο ὁ θεὸς τῷ Νῶε· καὶ ἔκλεισεν Κύριος ὁ θεὸς τὴν κιβωτὸν ἔξωθεν αὐτοῦ.
The Lord himself closes the door — not Noah. ἔξωθεν αὐτοῦ, “from outside, apart from him,” renders a Hebrew idiom (בַּעֲדוֹ) meaning “behind him”: God seals Noah in from the outside, a gesture of both protection and finality.
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