Genesis 7:9
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:9 in other translations
| BSB | came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. |
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| WEB | went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah. |
| ASV | there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah. |
| YLT | two by two they have come in unto Noah, unto the ark, a male and a female, as God hath commanded Noah. |
| DARBY | there came two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. |
| BBE | In twos, male and female, they went into the ark with Noah, as God had said. |
| Webster | There went in two and two to Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. |
What does Genesis 7:9 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 7:1-12
The call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come in-doors when he sees night or a storm coming. Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him, though he knew it was to be his place of refuge. It is very comfortable to see God going before us in every step we take. Noah had taken a great deal of pains to build the ark, and now he was himself kept alive in it. What we do in…
Genesis 7:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 7:9
- Genesis 7:16
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 2:19
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
- Colossians 3:11
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
- Isaiah 11:6-9
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
- Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
- Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
- Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Acts 10:11-12
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
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Context
- Genesis 7:8
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
- Genesis 7:9
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
- Genesis 7:10
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Genesis 7:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De dos en dos entraron á Noé en el arca: macho y hembra, como mandó Dios á Noé. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il en entra deux par deux vers Noé dans l’arche, mâle et femelle, comme Dieu l’avait commandé à Noé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | kamen zwei und zwei zu Noah in die Arche, ein Männliches und ein Weibliches, wie Gott dem Noah geboten hatte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | duo et duo ingressa sunt ad Noë in arcam, masculus et femina, sicut præceperat Dominus Noë. |