Genesis 6:20

מֵהָעוֹף לְמִינֵהוּ וּמִן ־ הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ מִכֹּל רֶמֶשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָה לְמִינֵהוּ שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל יָבֹאוּ אֵלֶיךָ לְהַֽחֲיֽוֹת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

19וּמִכָּל ־ הָחַי מִֽכָּל ־ בָּשָׂר שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל תָּבִיא אֶל ־ הַתֵּבָה לְהַחֲיֹת אִתָּךְ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה יִֽהְיֽוּ ׃

21וְאַתָּה קַח ־ לְךָ מִכָּל ־ מַֽאֲכָל אֲשֶׁר יֵֽאָכֵל וְאָסַפְתָּ אֵלֶיךָ וְהָיָה לְךָ וְלָ/הֶם לְאָכְלָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 1:20וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ עַל ־ פְּנֵי רְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם ׃

Genesis 2:19וַיִּצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִן ־ הָֽאֲדָמָה כָּל ־ חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וְאֵת כָּל ־ עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וַיָּבֵא אֶל ־ הָאָדָם לִרְאוֹת מַה ־ יִּקְרָא ־ לוֹ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָא ־ לוֹ הָֽאָדָם נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה הוּא שְׁמֽוֹ ׃

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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