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Genesis 6:19 KJV
Genesis · chapter 6 · verse 19
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.Genesis 6:19 · King James Version
Genesis 6:19 in context
17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
18But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
19And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
- bringbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- alivechâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
- malezâkârproperly, rememberedH2145 →
- twoshᵉnayimtwoH8147 →
- arktêbâha boxH8392 →
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Here it appears indeed that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. God's favour to him was plainly intimated in what he said of him, Gen 6:8-10, where his name is mentioned five times in five lines, when once might have served to make the sense clear, as if the Holy Ghost took a pleasure in perpetuating his memory;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-21