Genesis 7:9

two by two they have come in unto Noah, unto the ark, a male and a female, as God hath commanded Noah.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

In Context

8of the clean beasts and of the beasts that [are] not clean, and of the fowl, and of every thing that is creeping upon the ground,

10And it cometh to pass, after the seventh of the days, that waters of the deluge have been on the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22And Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.

Isaiah 11:6And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling [are] together, And a little youth is leader over them.

Jeremiah 8:7Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched the time of their coming, And — My people have not known the judgment of Jehovah.

Galatians 3:28there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:6-11

The Deluge. ( b. c. 2349.) 5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.… Read the whole commentary →

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