Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.
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Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.
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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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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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Passages linked to Genesis 7:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 6:19-20 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 female. Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort will come to you, to keep them alive.
- Isaiah 11:6 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 together; and a little child will lead them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain 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.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 7:15 And they went in unto Noah into…
Gen 7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life.
Ver. 15. And they went in unto Noah.] Of their own accord, by an instinct from God, whose hosts all creatures are called, for their (1.) number, (2.) order, (3.) obedience. {See Trapp on "Gen 6:20"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain See Poole on "Gen 7:9". i.e. All living creatures…
See Poole on "Gen 7:9". i.e. All living creatures forementioned, Gen 7:14.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the flood was forty days upon the earth,....…
And the flood was forty days upon the earth,.... This is said with respect to what follows, and the meaning is, that when and after the flood had been upon the earth so long, then
the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth; after this they were so many and so strong that they lifted up the ark from the place where it stood, and bore it up, that it touched not the earth; and Aben Ezra from hence infers, that the ark did not remove from its place after the flood began, until forty days.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 15. And they went in, &c.] It was…
Verse 15. And they went in, &c.] It was physically impossible for Noah to have collected such a vast number of tame and ferocious animals, nor could they have been retained in their wards by mere natural means. How then were they brought from various distances to the ark and preserved there? Only by the power of God. He who first miraculously brought them to Adam that he might give them their names, now brings them to Noah that he may preserve their lives. And now we may reasonably suppose that their natural enmity was so far removed or suspended that the lion might dwell with the lamb, and the wolf lie down with the kid, though each might still require his peculiar aliment. This can be no difficulty to the power of God, without the immediate interposition of which neither the deluge nor the concomitant circumstances could have taken place.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. all flesh … breath of life] See note…
15. all flesh … breath of life] See note on Gen_6:17.
two and two] See note on Gen_6:19-20. LXX adds “male and female.”
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16 (P). as God commanded him] This is evidently P’s account: notice the use of Elohim, and the phrase itself, cf. Gen_6:22, Gen_7:5; Gen_7:9.
(J) and the Lord shut him in] Notice the introduction of Jehovah. These words are evidently from J, and probably originally concluded the previous account of Noah’s entry into the ark (Gen_7:7-9) before the seven days mentioned in Gen_7:10, and before the rain (Gen_7:12).
On the anthropomorphism of this action, see note on Gen_6:6; and compare Gen_3:8, Gen_11:5.
17 (R). forty days] Cf. Gen_7:12, where the rain lasts for 40 days and 40 nights. Here it is the duration of the Flood.
18 (P). the waters prevailed] The description given in Gen_7:17 of the rising waters and of the floating ark is here repeated, in order to introduce the record of the more elaborate details contained in Gen_7:19-20.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And they went in unto Noah into the ark…
And they went in unto Noah into the ark (cf., Gen_6:20, which affirmed they should come) two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. Cf. the three expressions for an animated creature hYj, (Gen_1:30) sWqy:, (Gen_7:4) syYij jWr wOBArca.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
General Information:
Verses 13-18 repeat for a third time and give more detail about how Noah went into the ark with his family and the animals in Genesis 7:1-5. This is not a new event.
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Two of all flesh
Here "flesh" represents animals. (See: Metonymy)
in which was the breath of life
Here "breath" represents life. AT: "that lived" (See: Metonymy)
came to Noah
The word "came" can be translated as "went." (See: Go and Come)
of all flesh
Here "flesh" represents animals. AT: "of every kind of animal" (See: Synecdoche)
after them
The full meaning can be stated explicitly. AT: "after they entered the ark" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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Yahweh
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