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that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/8.htm">New King James Version</a> Bring 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.” <a href="/nasb_/genesis/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” <a href="/nasb/genesis/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/genesis/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” <a href="/lsb/genesis/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and that they may be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” <a href="/amp/genesis/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Bring out with you every living thing from all flesh—birds and animals and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth—that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” <a href="/csb/genesis/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, those that crawl on the earth—and they will spread over the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” <a href="/hcsb/genesis/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, those that crawl on the ground—and they will spread over the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.&#8221 <a href="/asv/genesis/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. <a href="/cev/genesis/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Let out the birds, animals, and reptiles, so they can mate and live all over the earth." <a href="/erv/genesis/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. <a href="/gwt/genesis/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Bring 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." <a href="/gnt/genesis/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> Take all the birds and animals out with you, so that they may reproduce and spread over all the earth." <a href="/isv/genesis/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> Bring out with you every living creature—including the flying creatures, animals, and everything that crawls on the ground—so they may disperse throughout the land, be fruitful, and multiply throughout the earth." <a href="/net/genesis/8.htm">NET Bible</a> Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!" <a href="/nheb/genesis/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, of flying creatures, and animals, and every creature that crawls on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth." <a href="/wbt/genesis/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Bring forth with thee every living animal that is with thee, of all flesh, of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping animal that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/genesis/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.” <a href="/web/genesis/8.htm">World English Bible</a> Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.” <a href="/ylt/genesis/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.' <a href="/slt/genesis/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Every living thins which is with thee, from all flesh, of birds and of cattle, and of every creeping thing creeping upon the earth, bring forth with thee, and increase ye abundantly in the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> All livings things that are with thee of all flesh, as well in fowls as in beasts, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, bring out with thee, and go ye upon the earth: increased and multiply upon it. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Bring out with you all the living things that are with you, all that is flesh: as with the birds, so also with the wild beasts and all the animals that move upon the earth. And enter upon the land: increase and multiply upon it.” <a href="/nabre/genesis/8.htm">New American Bible</a> Bring out with you every living thing that is with you—all creatures, be they birds or animals or crawling things that crawl on the earth—and let them abound on the earth, and be fertile and multiply on it. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals 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.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Bring forth with you every beast of every kind that is with you, both fowl and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly on the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon the face of the earth. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And all the animals that are with you, of all flesh, and the birds, and domestic animals, and all creeping things that creep on the Earth, bring out with you, and they will reproduce in the Earth, and they will be fruitful and they will multiply on the Earth.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may swarm in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.' <a href="/sep/genesis/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And all the wild beasts as many as are with thee, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with thee: and increase ye and multiply upon the earth. <a href="/parallel/genesis/8-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1773" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/8.htm">Exiting the Ark</a> …16“Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives. 17<a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: hō·ṣē (V-Hifil-Imp-ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">Bring out</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tāḵ (Prep:: 2ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ha·ḥay·yāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">the living creatures</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kāl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bā·śār (N-ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">are with you—</a> <a href="/hebrew/5775.htm" title="5775: bā·‘ō·wp̄ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Flying creatures. From uwph; a bird, often collectively.">birds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: ū·ḇab·bə·hê·māh (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">livestock,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ū·ḇə·ḵāl (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and everything</a> <a href="/hebrew/7431.htm" title="7431: hā·re·meś (Art:: N-ms) -- Creeping things, moving things. From ramas; a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7430.htm" title="7430: hā·rō·mêś (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. To crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm.">that crawls</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the ground—</a> <a href="/hebrew/8317.htm" title="8317: wə·šā·rə·ṣū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To swarm, teem. A primitive root; to wriggle, i.e. swarm or abound.">so that they can spread out</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ḇā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">over the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6509.htm" title="6509: ū·p̄ā·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To bear fruit, be fruitful. A primitive root; to bear fruit.">and be fruitful</a> <a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: wə·rā·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">and multiply</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">it.”</a> 18So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/1-22.htm">Genesis 1:22</a> Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a> God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.” <a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1</a> And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. <a href="/genesis/9-7.htm">Genesis 9:7</a> But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.” <a href="/genesis/2-19.htm">Genesis 2:19-20</a> And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. / The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. <a href="/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19-20</a> And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you. / Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive. <a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Genesis 7:14-16</a> they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature. / They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life. / And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in. <a href="/genesis/9-10.htm">Genesis 9:10</a> and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark. <a href="/genesis/9-12.htm">Genesis 9:12</a> And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: <a href="/genesis/9-15.htm">Genesis 9:15</a> I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. <a href="/genesis/9-17.htm">Genesis 9:17</a> So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.” <a href="/isaiah/45-18.htm">Isaiah 45:18</a> For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other. <a href="/psalms/104-30.htm">Psalm 104:30</a> When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth. <a href="/psalms/127-3.htm">Psalm 127:3</a> Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. <a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Matthew 6:26</a> Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.Bring.<a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Genesis 7:14,15</a> They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort… breed.<a href="/genesis/1-22.htm">Genesis 1:22</a> And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.<a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1,7</a> And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth… <a href="/psalms/107-38.htm">Psalm 107:38</a> He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/1-21.htm">Abundantly</a> <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/genesis/7-23.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/genesis/4-20.htm">Breed</a> <a href="/genesis/8-16.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">Creepeth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-16.htm">Creeping</a> <a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">Creeps</a> <a href="/genesis/8-16.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-16.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/genesis/8-16.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-16.htm">Fowl</a> <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/genesis/7-23.htm">Including</a> <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/genesis/7-18.htm">Multiply</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/9-7.htm">Abundantly</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/genesis/30-41.htm">Breed</a> <a href="/genesis/9-10.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Creepeth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Creeping</a> <a href="/genesis/9-2.htm">Creeps</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/9-4.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/genesis/8-18.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Fowl</a> <a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">Including</a> <a href="/genesis/9-10.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">Multiply</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 8</div>1. <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">God remembers Noah and calms the waters.</a> 4. <a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">The ark rests on Ararat.</a> 6. <a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove.</a> 13. <a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark.</a> 20. <a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices,</a> 21. <a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Bring out all the living creatures that are with you— This phrase signifies God's command to Noah to release the animals from the ark. It reflects the completion of God's judgment through the flood and the beginning of a new era for creation. The ark, a type of Christ, provided salvation and safety during the flood, symbolizing how Christ saves believers from judgment. The phrase also emphasizes God's care for all living creatures, not just humans, highlighting the stewardship role humanity has over creation.birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground— This enumeration of creatures mirrors the creation account in <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a>, where God created various forms of life. It underscores the comprehensive nature of God's creation and His intention for all forms of life to thrive. The mention of specific categories of animals reflects the order and diversity within creation, which God preserved through the flood. This preservation is a testament to God's sovereignty and His plan for the earth's restoration.so that they can spread out over the earth— This directive echoes the original command given to Adam and Eve in <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a> to fill the earth. It indicates a renewal of God's creation mandate post-flood. The spreading out of creatures symbolizes the reestablishment of ecological balance and the continuation of life on earth. It also foreshadows the dispersion of humanity at the Tower of Babel, where God intervenes to ensure His command to fill the earth is fulfilled.and be fruitful and multiply upon it.” This phrase reiterates the blessing given to living creatures in <a href="/genesis/1-22.htm">Genesis 1:22</a> and to humanity in <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a>. It highlights God's desire for life to flourish and His ongoing provision for creation. The command to be fruitful and multiply is foundational to God's covenant with Noah, which includes the promise never to destroy the earth with a flood again. This covenant is a precursor to the new covenant in Christ, who brings spiritual renewal and multiplication through the Great Commission.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a> The righteous man chosen by God to survive the flood and repopulate the earth. He is tasked with releasing the animals from the ark. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a> The vessel built by Noah under God's instructions to save his family and pairs of every kind of animal from the flood. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_animals.htm">The Animals</a> Various species of birds, livestock, and creatures that move along the ground, preserved by God to repopulate the earth. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a> The renewed land after the flood, ready to be repopulated by Noah, his family, and the animals. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The Creator who orchestrates the events of the flood and the subsequent renewal of life on earth.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty in Creation</a> God orchestrates the preservation and renewal of life, demonstrating His control over creation. <a href="/topical/t/the_continuity_of_god's_plan.htm">The Continuity of God's Plan</a> The command to be fruitful and multiply is a recurring theme, showing God's unchanging purpose for life on earth. <a href="/topical/h/human_responsibility_in_stewardship.htm">Human Responsibility in Stewardship</a> Noah's role in releasing the animals highlights human responsibility in caring for and stewarding God's creation. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a> Just as God provided for the animals during the flood, He continues to provide for all His creation. <a href="/topical/r/renewal_and_new_beginnings.htm">Renewal and New Beginnings</a> The post-flood world represents a fresh start, encouraging believers to embrace new beginnings in their own lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 8</a> <a href="/q/how_did_animals_spread_globally_post-flood.htm">In Genesis 8:17–19, how did all animals disperse worldwide from a single landing site, and why do we see no traces of this mass migration? </a> <a href="/q/common_themes_in_flood_myths.htm">What are common themes in global flood myths?</a> <a href="/q/why_find_tiktaalik_if_evolution's_false.htm">Why do we find transitional fossils like Tiktaalik if evolution is false?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_god's_role_as_creator.htm">What does it mean for God to be Creator?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a> <a href="/commentaries/genesis/8-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Bring out הַיְצֵ֣א (hay·ṣê) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the living creatures הַחַיָּ֨ה (ha·ḥay·yāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life that אֲשֶֽׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that are with you— אִתְּךָ֜ (’it·tə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> Nearness, near, with, by, at, among birds, בָּע֧וֹף (bā·‘ō·wp̄) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5775.htm">Strong's 5775: </a> Flying creatures livestock, וּבַבְּהֵמָ֛ה (ū·ḇab·bə·hê·māh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal and everything וּבְכָל־ (ū·ḇə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every that crawls הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ (hā·rō·mêś) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7430.htm">Strong's 7430: </a> To glide swiftly, to crawl, move with short steps, to swarm upon עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the ground— הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land so that they can spread out וְשָֽׁרְצ֣וּ (wə·šā·rə·ṣū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8317.htm">Strong's 8317: </a> To wriggle, swarm, abound over the earth בָאָ֔רֶץ (ḇā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land and be fruitful וּפָר֥וּ (ū·p̄ā·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6509.htm">Strong's 6509: </a> To bear fruit, be fruitful and multiply וְרָב֖וּ (wə·rā·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> To be or become much, many or great upon עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against [it].” הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/8-17.htm">OT Law: Genesis 8:17 Bring forth with you every living thing (Gen. 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