Genesis 8:16

Genesis 8:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
• New International Version (NIV)“Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Leave the boat, all of you—you and your wife, and your sons and their wives.

Context of Genesis 8:16

14And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried. 15Then God spoke to Noah, saying, “Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. 17Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” 18So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.

Genesis 8:16 word by word

צֵ֖א מִן־הַתֵּבָ֑ה אַתָּ֕ה וְאִשְׁתְּךָ֛ וּבָנֶ֥יךָ וּנְשֵֽׁי־בָנֶ֖יךָ אִתָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Go forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• of the arkתֵּבָהtêbâh · arkH8392
• thou, and thy wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• and thy sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for Genesis 8:16

• Genesis 7:1Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
• Joshua 3:17Then the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan.
• Joshua 4:10So the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the Lord had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and crossed over.
• Psalms 91:11For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.
• Psalms 121:8The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.
• Daniel 9:25“Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.
• Zechariah 9:11“As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
• Acts 16:27And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself.

Commentaries on Genesis 8:16

• 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

Topics related to Genesis 8:16

• Communion
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In the dictionaries

• Clean
• Covering
• Deluge
• Earth
• Flood
• Noah
• 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