Genesis 7:16
And those that entered went in male and female, from all that is flesh, just as God had instructed him. And then the Lord closed him in from the outside.
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In Context
15entered the ark to Noah, two by two out of all that is flesh, in which there was the breath of life.
Cross References
Genesis 7:5Therefore, Noah did all things just as the Lord had commanded him.
Deuteronomy 33:27His habitation is above, and the everlasting arms are below. He shall cast out the enemy before your face, and he shall say: ‘Be utterly broken!’
Job 12:14If he tears down, there is no one who can build up; if he encloses a man, there is no one who can open.
Psalms 91:1A Canticle Psalm. On the day of the Sabbath.
Matthew 25:10But while they were going to buy it, the groom arrived. And those who were prepared entered with him to the wedding, and the door was closed.
John 10:27My sheep hear my voice. And I know them, and they follow me.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:14-17
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; 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of… Read the whole commentary →