Genesis 7:9

There went in shnayim shnayim unto Noach into the tevah (ark), the zachar and the nekevah, as Elohim had commanded Noach.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

In Context

8Of behemah hatehorah, and of behemah that are not tehorah, and of haoph, and of every thing that creepeth upon ha'adamah,

10And it came to pass after shivat hayamim, that the waters of the mabbul were upon ha'aretz.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22Thus did Noach; according to all that Elohim commanded him, so did he.

Isaiah 11:6The ze'ev (wolf) also shall dwell with the keves, 1 and the namer (leopard) shall lie down with the gedi (young goat); 1 and the egel and the lion whelp and the fatling together; 1 and a na'ar shall lead them. 1

Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the Shomayim knoweth her mo'adim (appointed times); 1 and the turtledove and the swift and the crane 1 are shomer over their time for migration; 1 but Ami (My People) have no da'as (knowledge) 1 of the Mishpat Hashem (rule, ordinance, regulation, law of Hashem ). 1

Galatians 3:28There is not Yehudi nor Yevani (Greek), there is not eved (servant) nor Ben Chorin (freedman), there is not zachar (male) nor nekevah (female), for you are all echad in Moshiach Yehoshua.

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 →

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