Who does Genesis say shut Noah inside Noah’s Ark?

Genesis says the LORD shut Noah inside Noah’s Ark.

Genesis 7:16 states that, after Noah and the animals entered, the LORD shut him in. The verse places this action at the close of the embarkation scene, immediately before the Flood waters rose over the earth.

This detail is distinct from the instruction to build the ark and from Noah’s act of entering it. Genesis describes Noah as following the commands, while the final closing of the door is attributed to the LORD. The wording has therefore received attention in religious interpretation as a sign of protection and divine action.

Popular retellings sometimes say Noah closed the ark himself, but that is not what Genesis 7:16 says. The question concerns the biblical account specifically, rather than later paintings, films, or children’s adaptations. English translations commonly render the subject as “the LORD,” “the Lord,” or an equivalent divine name.