Genesis 7:9

Genesis 7:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
• New International Version (NIV)male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)two and two, male and female, went into the ark with Noah, as God had commanded Noah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

Context of Genesis 7:9

7Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because of the floodwaters. 8Pairs of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground, male and female, came into the ark to Noah, just as God had commanded him. 10And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth. 11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month – on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Genesis 7:9 word by word

שְׁנַ֨יִם שְׁנַ֜יִם בָּ֧אוּ אֶל־נֹ֛חַ אֶל־הַתֵּבָ֖ה זָכָ֣ר וּנְקֵבָ֑ה כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־נֹֽחַ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• There went inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• unto Noahנֹחַnôach · NoahH5146
• into the arkתֵּבָהtêbâh · arkH8392
• the maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• and the femaleנְקֵבָהneqêbâh · femaleH5347
• asכַּאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · as whichH834
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• had commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680

Cross-references for Genesis 7:9

• Genesis 7:16Those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.
• Genesis 2:19The Lord God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
• Isaiah 11:6A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along.
• Isaiah 65:25A wolf and a lamb will graze together; a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, and a snake’s food will be dirt. They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain,” says the Lord.
• Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. The turtledove, swallow, and crane recognize the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to what I, the Lord, require of them.
• Acts 10:11He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.
• Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female – for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
• Colossians 3:11Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.

Commentaries on Genesis 7:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 - The Ark Was Entered 2. טהור ṭâhôr “clean, fit for food or sacrifice.” 4. יקוּם yeqûm “standing thing; what grows up, whether animal or plant.” Compare קמה qāmâh “stalk, or standing corn.” Genesis 7:1-4 Here is found the command to enter the ark. The general direction in the preceding chapter was given many years ago, before the ark was commenced. Now, when it is completed, a more specific command is issued. “For thee have I seen…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. There went in two and two--Doubtless they were led by a divine impulse. The number would not be so large as at first sight one is apt to imagine. It has been calculated that there are not more than three hundred distinct species of beasts and birds, the immense varieties in regard to form, size, and color being traceable to the influence of climate and other circumstances.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 7:9

• Animals
• Ark

In the dictionaries

• God
• Noah
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Cause
• Clean
• Deluge
• Flood
• Increase
• Judgments of God
• Remain

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