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 King James Version (NKJV)“Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you.

Context of Genesis 8:16

14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 15And God spoke to Noah, saying, Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee. 17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth. 18And Noah went forth, 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

• forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• arkתֵּבָהtêbâh · arkH8392
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for Genesis 8:16

• Genesis 7:1And the LORD said to Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
• Joshua 3:17And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people had finished crossing the Jordan.
• Joshua 4:10For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
• Psalms 91:11For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
• Psalms 121:8The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
• Daniel 9:25Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and sixty and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
• Zechariah 9:11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit in which is no water.
• Acts 16:27And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.

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