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Genesis 6:20

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.

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.

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.

21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

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BSB
Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
KJV
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.
WEB
Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort will come to you, to keep them alive.
ASV
Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
DARBY
Of fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each shall go in to thee, to keep [them] alive.
BLB
And from the bird according to its kind, [and] the animal according to its kind, [and] from every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every [kind] shall come to you to be kept alive.
ÅB
Av alle slags fugler og av alle slags fe og av alle slags kryp på jorden skal par for par komme inn til deg for å holdes i live.
OTB
Av fuglene etter deres slag, av dyrene etter deres slag, og av hver skapning som beveger seg på bakken etter sitt slag, to av hver slags skal komme til deg for å holdes i live.
B1930
Av alle slags fugler og av alle slags fe og av alle slags kryp på jorden skal par for par komme inn til dig for å holdes i live.

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Cross references

  • 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:

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  • 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.

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  • John 5:40

    And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

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  • Genesis 1:20–24

    And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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  • Genesis 7:8–16

    Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

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  • Genesis 1:28

    And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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