American Standard Version
Genesis 7:16
16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in.
Genesis 7:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.
- New International Version (NIV)The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the Lord shut him in.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.
Context of Genesis 7:16
14they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. 15And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in. 17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. 18And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Read all of Genesis 7Genesis 7:16 word by word
וְהַבָּאִ֗ים זָכָ֨ר וּנְקֵבָ֤ה מִכָּל־בָּשָׂר֙ בָּ֔אוּ כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה אֹת֖וֹ אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה בַּֽעֲדֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Genesis 7:16
- Genesis 7:2Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female:
- 2 Kings 4:4And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
- Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God isthy dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.
- Psalms 46:2Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;
- Psalms 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Proverbs 3:23Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble.
- Matthew 25:10And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.
- Luke 13:25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;
- John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
- 1 Peter 1:5who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Commentaries on Genesis 7:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The Lord shut him in - This seems to imply that God took him under his especial protection, and as he shut Him in, so he shut the Others out. God had waited one hundred and twenty years upon that generation; they did not repent; they filled up the measure of their iniquities, and then wrath came upon them to the uttermost.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-16Verses 10-16 - XXV. The Flood The date is here given, at which the flood commenced and the entrance into the ark was completed. “In seven days.” On the seventh day from the command. “In the second month.” The primeval year commenced about the autumnal equinox; we may say, on the nearest new moon. The rains began about a month or six weeks after the equinox, and, consequently, not far from the seventeenth of the second month. “All the fountains of the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-16Verses 13-16 The ravenous creatures were made mild and manageable; yet, when this occasion was over, they were of the same kind as before; for the ark did not alter their natures. Hypocrites in the church, who outwardly conform to the laws of that ark, are yet unchanged; and it will appear, one time or other, what kind they are after. God continued his care of Noah. God shut the door, to secure him and keep him safe in the ark; also to keep all others for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16the LORD shut him in: This showed that God was in control. He protected the people inside the ark and punished those who remained outside (see also 6:16 and study note).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. and the Lord shut him in--literally, "covered him round about." The "shutting him in" intimated that Noah had become the special object of divine care and protection, and that to those without the season of grace was over (Mt 25:10).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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