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Genesis 7:16

Protection and safetySalvation

14 they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

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

And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

18 So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

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BSB
And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
KJV
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
WEB
Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; then the LORD shut him in.
ASV
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in.
DARBY
And they that came, came male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him. And Jehovah shut him in.
BLB
And those coming in, male and female from all flesh, they went [in] as God had commanded him. And YHWH shut [it] behind him.
ÅB
Og de som gikk inn, var han og hun av alt kjød, slik som Gud hadde befalt ham. Og Herren lukket etter ham.
OTB
De som gikk inn, hann og hunn av alle levende ting, gikk inn slik Gud hadde befalt ham; og Herren lukket ham inne.
B1930
Og de som gikk inn, var han og hun av alt kjød, således som Gud hadde befalt ham. Og Herren lukket efter ham.

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Cross references

  • Luke 13:25

    After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

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  • Matthew 25:10

    But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

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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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  • Psalms 91:1–10

    He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

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  • 2 Kings 4:4–5

    Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”

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  • John 10:27–30

    My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

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  • 1 Peter 1:5

    who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:27

    The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

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