Genesis 7:16
There was a male and a female of each animal that came to Noah, just as God had said they would do. After they were all in the boat, God shut the door.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
15Pairs of all animals came to Noah and entered the boat.
Cross References
Genesis 7:5Noah did everything that Yahweh told him to do.
Deuteronomy 33:27God, who lives forever, is the one who ◄gives you refuge/protects you►; it is as though he puts his everlasting arms under you to support you. He will expel your enemies while you advance; he has told you to destroy all of them.
Job 12:14If he tears something down, no one can rebuild it; if he puts someone in prison, no one can open the prison doors to allow that person to escape.
Psalms 91:1Those who live under the protection of God Almighty, will be able to rest safely under his care.
Matthew 25:10But while the foolish virgins were going to buy some oil, the bridegroom arrived. So the wise virgins, who were ready, went with the bridegroom to the wedding hall where the bride was waiting. Then the door was closed {someone closed the door of that hall}.
John 10:27Just like sheep heed the voice of their true shepherd [MET], my people pay attention to what I say. I know them, and they have become my disciples.
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 →