Genesis 7:16

And they, entering, male and female of all flesh, entered, as the Lord had commanded him, and the Lord protected them by His Word.

Targum Onkelos

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 entered with Noach into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the breath of life;

17And there was a deluge forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased, and took up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:5And Noach did according to all that the Lord had instructed him.

Deuteronomy 33:27The habitation of Eloha is from eternity, and the world was made by His Word; and He will drive out thy enemies from before thee, and will say, Destroy.

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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