Genesis 8:16
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
Genesis 8:16 in other translations
| BSB | “Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives. |
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| WEB | “Go out of the ship, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you. |
| ASV | Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee. |
| YLT | every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, among fowl, and among cattle, and among every creeping thing which is creeping on the earth, bring out with thee; |
| DARBY | Go out of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. |
| BBE | Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives. |
| Webster | Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. |
What does Genesis 8:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 8:15-16
Ge 8:15-22. Departure from the Ark. 15-16. And God spake ... Go forth--They went forth in the most orderly manner--the human occupants first, then each species "after their kinds" [Ge 8:19], literally, "according to their families," implying that there had been an increase in the ark.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 8:13-19
God consults our benefit, rather than our desires; he knows what is good for us better than we do for ourselves, and how long it is fit our restraints should continue, and desired mercies should be delayed. We would go out of the ark before the ground is dried; and perhaps, if the door, is shut, are ready to thrust off the covering, and to climb up some other way; but God's time of showing mercy is the best time. As…
Genesis 8:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 8:16
- Genesis 7:13
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
- Psalms 121:8
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
- Zechariah 9:11
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
- Daniel 9:25-26
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
- Psalms 91:11
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
- Joshua 3:17
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
- Genesis 7:7
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
- Acts 16:37-39
But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
- Joshua 4:10
For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
- Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
- Joshua 4:16-18
Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
- Acts 16:27-28
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
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Context
- Genesis 8:15
And God spake unto Noah, saying,
- Genesis 8:16
Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
- 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.
Genesis 8:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sal del arca tú, y tu mujer, y tus hijos, y las mujeres de tus hijos contigo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Sors de l’arche, toi, et ta femme et tes fils et les femmes de tes fils avec toi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gehe aus der Arche, du und dein Weib und deine Söhne und die Weiber deiner Söhne mit dir. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Egredere de arca, tu et uxor tua, filii tui et uxores filiorum tuorum tecum. |