Genesis 7:9
Two and two went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as the Lord had commanded Noe.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8And of the beasts clean and unclean, and of fowls, and of every thing that moveth upon the earth,
10And after seven days were passed, the waters of the flood overflowed the earth.
Cross References
Genesis 6:22And Noe did all things which God commanded him.
Isaiah 11:6The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little child shall lead them.
Jeremiah 8:7The kite in the air hath known her time: the turtle, and the swallow, and the stork have observed the time of their coming: but my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.
Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek: there is neither bond nor free: there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:6-11
The Deluge. ( b. c. 2349.) 5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.… Read the whole commentary →