Genesis 8:16

“You can go out of the boat now. Take your wife, your sons and their wives with you.

Barkly (portions)

In The King James Version

Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

In Context

15Then God said to Noah,

17And take all the animals, the birds, and every little animal that moves around on the ground, out of the boat. Then they can go and live all over the earth and have lots of young ones.”

Read all of Genesis 8

Cross References

Genesis 7:1Then the Lord said to Noah, “You are the only man alive today that lives the right way. It is time for you to take your family into the really big boat called the Ark.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 8:16-20

15 And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 8:16