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Genesis 7:16 KJV
Genesis · chapter 7 · verse 16
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.Genesis 7:16 · King James Version
Genesis 7:16 in context
14They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
15And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
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Key words (Strong's)
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- femalenᵉqêbâhfemaleH5347 →
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
- malezâkârproperly, rememberedH2145 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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Here is repeated what was related before of Noah's entrance into the ark, with his family and creatures that were marked for preservation. Now, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-16