Genesis 8:18
And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
Genesis 8:18 in other translations
| BSB | So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. |
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| WEB | Noah went out, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives with him. |
| ASV | And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him: |
| YLT | And Noah goeth out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him; |
| DARBY | And Noah went out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him. |
| BBE | And Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives; |
| Webster | And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: |
What does Genesis 8:18 mean?
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 8:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 8:18
- Psalms 121:8
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
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Context
- 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 8:18
And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
- Genesis 8:19
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
Genesis 8:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces salió Noé, y sus hijos, y su mujer, y las mujeres de sus hijos con él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Noé sortit, et ses fils, et sa femme et les femmes de ses fils avec lui. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Noah ging hinaus und seine Söhne und sein Weib und die Weiber seiner Söhne mit ihm. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Egressus est ergo Noë, et filii ejus: uxor illius, et uxores filiorum ejus cum eo. |