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Genesis 7:14-15

they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.

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In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth—the sons of Noah—and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ship— they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah. Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then Yahweh shut him in. The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth. The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters. The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered. The waters rose fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered. All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, livestock, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died. Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, livestock, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ship. The waters flooded the earth one hundred fifty days.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

    Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.

  • KJV King James Version

    They, 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.

    And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every sort.

    And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.

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Cross-references (4)

  • Genesis 6:19-20 (v15) Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and…
  • Genesis 7:2-3 (v14) You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male…
  • Genesis 7:8-9 (v14) Clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as…
  • Isaiah 11:6 (v15) The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, the calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf…

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v15 Every living thing that God would have to be…

Every living thing that God would have to be preserved on earth, came into the Ark to Noah.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv14–15 Gen 7:14 They, and every beast after his kind,…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv14–15 Every bird. The first word signifies the greater, the…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv14–15 And they that went in, went in male and…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v14 And every beast after his kind - According to…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v15 Verse 15. And they went in, &c.] It was…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v14 Gen 7:14. Every beast after his kind — According…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv14–15 14. kind] See note on Gen_1:12 and Gen_6:20.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v14 (14) Every beast.—Heb., every living thing (as in Gen_8:1),…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v15 General Information:
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