Genesis 8:16
“Leave the ark with your wife and sons and their wives.
Open English Bible (US)
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
Cross References
Genesis 7:1Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter with all your household into the ark; for I see that in this age you are living before me an upright life.
Genesis 7:13That was the day that Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, went into the ark, and
Joshua 4:10For the priests who carried the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan until all was finished that Joshua was told by the Lord to enjoin upon the people, all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people hurried over,
Joshua 4:17Joshua ordered the priests to step up from the Jordan,
Psalms 121:8The Lord will guard your going and coming from now and for evermore.
Zechariah 9:11And you, too – because of your blood covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the waterless pit.
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 →