Genesis 6:20

Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to you, male and female to be fed with you.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, you shall bring by + 6:19 Gr. two, two. pairs of all, into the ark, that you may feed them with yourself: male and female they shall be.

21And you shall take to yourself of all kinds of food which you⌃ eat, and you shall gather them to yourself, and it shall be for you and them to eat.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:20And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles + 1:20 lit, of living souls having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.

Genesis 2:19And God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and he brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam called any living creature, + 2:19 Gr. soul. that was the name of it.

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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