Genesis 6 · Verse 19

Genesis 6:19

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 other translations

BSBAnd you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
WEBOf 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every sort thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they.
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Genesis 6:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 6:17-22

17-22. And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood--The repetition of the announcement was to establish its certainty (Ge 41:32). Whatever opinion may be entertained as to the operation of natural laws and agencies in the deluge, it was brought on the world by God as a punishment for the enormous wickedness of its inhabitants.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 To keep them alive - God might have destroyed all the animal creation, and created others to occupy the new world, but he chose rather to preserve those already created. The Creator and Preserver of the universe does nothing but what is essentially necessary to be done. Nothing should be wantonly wasted; nor should power or skill be lavished where no necessity exists; and yet it required more means and economy to preserve the old than to have created new ones. Such respect has God to the work of his hands, that nothing but what is essential to the credit of his justice and holiness shall ever induce him to destroy any thing he has made.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 6:12-21

God told Noah his purpose to destroy the wicked world by water. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, Psa 25:14. It is with all believers, enabling them to understand and apply the declarations and warnings of the written word. God chose to do it by a flood of waters, which should drown the world. As he chooses the rod with which he corrects his children, so he chooses the sword with which he cuts off…

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Genesis 6:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּמִכָּל\־u.mi.kol-and of everyH3605
הָ֠חַיHa.chai<the> living [thing]H2416
מִֽכָּל\־mi.kolof allH3605
בָּשָׂ֞רba.SarfleshH1320
שְׁנַ֧יִםshe.Na.yimtwoH8147
מִכֹּ֛לmi.Kolof everythingH3605
תָּבִ֥יאta.Vi'you will bringH935
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הַתֵּבָ֖הha.te.Vahthe arkH8392
לְהַחֲיֹ֣תle.ha.cha.Yotto preserve aliveH2421
אִתָּ֑ךְ'i.Takhwith youH854
זָכָ֥רza.KharmaleH2145
וּנְקֵבָ֖הu.ne.ke.Vahand femaleH5347
יִֽהְיֽוּ\׃Yih.Yuthey will beH1961

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 6:19

  • Genesis 7:8-9

    Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

  • Genesis 7:15-16

    And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.

  • Psalms 36:6

    Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

  • Genesis 7:2-3

    Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

  • Genesis 8:17

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The cubit being nearly 22 inches, and the ark being 300 cubits in length, 50 in breadth, and 30 in height, (ver. 15,) its size was equal to 547 feet long, 91 feet broad, and 54 feet high; and it is computed to had been 81,062 tons burthen. These dimensions were sufficient to contain all the persons and animals in it, and food for more than a year.
two.
7:2,3,8,9,15,16; 8:17; Ps 36:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 6:18

    But 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.

  • Genesis 6:19

    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 6:20

    Of 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.

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Genesis 6:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y de todo lo que vive, de toda carne, dos de cada especie meterás en el arca, para que tengan vida contigo; macho y hembra serán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et de tout ce qui vit, de toute chair, tu feras entrer dans l’arche deux de chaque espèce, pour les conserver en vie avec toi; ce seront le mâle et la femelle.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und von allem Lebendigen, von allem Fleische, zwei von jeglichem sollst du in die Arche bringen, um sie mit dir am Leben zu erhalten; ein Männliches und ein Weibliches sollen sie sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ex cunctis animantibus universæ carnis bina induces in arcam, ut vivant tecum: masculini sexus et feminini.