Genesis 7:16

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and then the Lord shut him in.

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In The King James Version

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

In Context

15And they went in unto Noah into the ark, one pair of each, of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:5And Noah did all just as the Lord had commanded him.

Deuteronomy 33:27Thy refuge is the eternal God, and here beneath, the everlasting arms; and he thrust out the enemy from before thee; and he said, Destroy.

Job 12:14Behold, he pulleth down, and there can be no rebuilding: he locketh [the prison] upon a man, and there can be no opening,

Psalms 91:1He who sitteth under the secret protection of the Most High, shall rest under the shadow of the Almighty.

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 →

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