Genesis 8:16

“You can go out of the big boat now. You can all go out, you, and your wife, and your sons, and their wives too.

Plain English Version

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

15Then God said to Noah,

17And bring all the animals out of the big boat. Bring out all the animals, and the birds, and the animals that crawl around on the ground. They can all come out, so they can live on the earth and have lots of young ones, so that they will go everywhere on the earth.”

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Cross References

Genesis 7:1After that, God said to Noah, “You are the only man that lives the right way. Get your family and take them into the big boat.

Psalms 121:8Whenever you go anywhere, God will go with you all the way, and he will keep you safe. He will do that now, and he will keep doing that all the time, for ever.

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 →

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