Genesis 7:8

Genesis 7:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
• New International Version (NIV)Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,
• New Living Translation (NLT)With them were all the various kinds of animals—those approved for eating and for sacrifice and those that were not—along with all the birds and the small animals that scurry along the ground.

Context of Genesis 7:8

6Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth. 7So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood. Of clean animals, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth, 9two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. 10And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.

Genesis 7:8 word by word

מִן־הַבְּהֵמָה֙ הַטְּהוֹרָ֔ה וּמִן־הַ֨בְּהֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵינֶ֖נָּה טְהֹרָ֑ה וּמִ֨ן־הָע֔וֹף וְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־רֹמֵ֖שׂ עַל־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Of cleanטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
• beastsבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• and of fowlsעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• and of every thing that creepethרָמַשׂrâmaώ · to creepH7430
• upon the earthאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127

Commentaries on Genesis 7:8

• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8See the study note on 7:2.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-241. And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark--The ark was finished; and Noah now, in the spirit of implicit faith, which had influenced his whole conduct, waited for directions from God.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 7:8

• Animals
• Ark
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

In the dictionaries

• Cause
• Clean
• Deluge
• Flood
• Increase
• Judgments of God
• Noah
• Remain
• Sacrifice
• Seventeenth

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