Genesis 7:16

They went in, male and female, as God had commanded Noah; and the Lord shut Noah in the ark.

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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

15went with Noah into the ark, two by two of every kind of living thing.

17The flood continued for forty days, and the waters increased and raised up the ark, and it was lifted high above the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:5Then Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.

Psalms 91:1You whose home is the shelter of God Most High, whose abode is the shadow of God Almighty,

Matthew 25:10But while they were on their way to buy it, the groom came; and the bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the banquet, and the door was shut.

John 10:27My sheep listen to my voice; 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 →

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