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Genesis 6:19

17 And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

18 But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

20 Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

21 You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”

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BSB
And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And from every living thing, from all flesh, two of every [kind] you shall bring into the ark to keep [them] alive with you; male and female they shall be.
ÅB
Og av alt som lever, av alt kjød, skal du ta et par av hvert slag med inn i arken for å holde dem i live med deg; han og hun skal det være.
OTB
Du skal ta med deg inn i arken to av hver slags levende skapning, hann og hunn, for å holde dem i live med deg.
B1930
Og av alt som lever, av alt kjød, skal du ta et par av hvert slag med inn i arken for å holde dem i live med dig; han og hun skal det være.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 7:8–9

    The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground

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  • Genesis 7:15–16

    They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

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  • Psalms 36:6

    Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

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  • Genesis 7:2–3

    You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;

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  • Genesis 8:17

    Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

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