Genesis 8:18

Genesis 8:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
• New International Version (NIV)So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.

Context of Genesis 8:18

16“Come out of the ship with your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives. 17Bring out every animal that’s with you: birds, domestic animals, and every creature that crawls on the earth. Be fertile, increase in number, and spread over the earth.” So Noah came out with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives. 19Every animal, crawling creature, and bird—everything that moves on the earth—came out of the ship, one kind after another. 20Noah built an altar to the Lord. On it he made a burnt offering of each type of clean animal and clean bird.

Genesis 8:18 word by word

וַיֵּ֖צֵא־נֹ֑חַ וּבָנָ֛יו וְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנָ֖יו אִתּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Noahנֹחַnôach · NoahH5146
• went forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• and his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and his wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802

Cross-references for Genesis 8:18

• Psalms 121:8The Lord guards you as you come and go, now and forever.

Commentaries on Genesis 8:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 - XXVII. The Ark Was Evacuated 19. משׁפחה mı̂shpāchah “kind, clan, family.” שׁפחה shı̂pchâh “maid-servant; related: spread.” 20. מזבח mı̂zbēach “altar; related: slay animals, sacrifice.” 21. עלה 'olâh “whole burnt-offering.” That which goes up. “Step; related: go up.” Genesis 8:15-19 The command to leave the ark is given and obeyed. As Noah did not enter, so neither does he leave the ark, without divine direction. “The fowl, the cattle…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-19Verses 13-19 God consults our benefit, rather than our desires; he knows what is good for us better than we do for ourselves, and how long it is fit our restraints should continue, and desired mercies should be delayed. We would go out of the ark before the ground is dried; and perhaps, if the door, is shut, are ready to thrust off the covering, and to climb up some other way; but God's time of showing mercy is the best time. As Noah had a command to go…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2215-16. And God spake ... Go forth--They went forth in the most orderly manner--the human occupants first, then each species "after their kinds" [Ge 8:19], literally, "according to their families," implying that there had been an increase in the ark.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Noah
• Clean
• Covering
• Deluge
• Earth
• Flood
• Pull
• Remember
• Sake
• Separate

Commentaries on Genesis 8

• 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