Genesis 6:20

Of fowl according to its kind, and of cattle according to her kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of all shall enter with thee to abide.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

In Context

19And of all that liveth of all flesh two and two of all that enter into the ark to abide with thee, male and female shall they be.

21And thou, take with thee of all food which is eaten, and gather to be with thee; and it shall be for thee and for them to eat.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:20And the Lord said, Let the waters generate the moving creature (having) life; and the fowl which flieth over the earth on the face of the expanse of heaven.

Genesis 2:19And the Lord God created from the earth every beast of the field and every fowl of the heavens, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call him; and every (name by) which Adam called the living animal, that was its name.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:14-22

Prediction of the Deluge. ( b. c. 2448.) 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window… Read the whole commentary →

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