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Genesis 8:17 KJV
Genesis · chapter 8 · verse 17
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.Genesis 8:17 · King James Version
Genesis 8:17 in context
15And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
19Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- abundantlyshâratsto wriggleH8317 →
- creepethrâmasproperly, to glide swiftlyH7430 →
- fruitfulpârâhto bear fruitH6509 →
- multiplyrâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- cattlebᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
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Here is, I. Noah's dismission out of the ark, Gen 8:15-17. Observe, 1. Noah did not stir till God bade him. As he had a command to go into the ark (Gen 7:1), so, how tedious soever his confinement there was, he would wait for a command to go out of it again.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-19