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They shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every <i>sort</i> shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep <i>them</i> alive with thee; they shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every <i>sort</i> into the ark, to keep <i>them</i> alive with you; they shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every <i>kind</i> into the ark, to keep <i>them</i> alive with you; they shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every <i>kind</i> into the ark, to keep <i>them</i> alive with you; they shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every <i>kind</i> into the ark, to keep <i>them</i> alive with you; they shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And of every living thing [found on land], you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are also to bring into the ark two of all the living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are also to bring into the ark two of all the living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Bring two of every living creature into the ship in order to keep them alive with you. They must be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You are to bring two of every living thing into the ark so they may remain alive with you. They are to be male and female. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark?male and female?to keep them alive with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh, male and female, to keep them alive with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Of every living thing of all flesh, you are to bring two of every sort into the vessel, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee: they shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and of all that lives, of all flesh, you bring two from every [kind] into the Ark, to keep alive with you; they are male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every sort thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And from every living thing of all flesh, two of all shalt thou bring in to the ark, to preserve alive with thee: male and female shall they be.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And of every living creature of all flesh, thou shalt bring two of each sort into the ark, that they may live with thee: of the male sex, and the female. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And from every living thing of all that is flesh, you shall lead pairs into the ark, so that they may survive with you: from the male sex and the female,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Of all living creatures you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, one male and one female, to keep them alive along with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every kind bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And two of everything that lives of all flesh, bring to the ark to save with you; they shall be male and female.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/6-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1416" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/6.htm">Noah Builds the Ark</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ū·mik·kāl- (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">And</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: tā·ḇî (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">you are to bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·na·yim (Number-md) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">two</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kōl (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of every</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: hā·ḥay (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">living</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.">creature</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/8392.htm" title="8392: hat·tê·ḇāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A box, chest. Perhaps of foreign derivation; a box.">the ark—</a> <a href="/hebrew/2145.htm" title="2145: zā·ḵār (N-ms) -- Male. From zakar; properly, remembered, i.e. A male.">male</a> <a href="/hebrew/5347.htm" title="5347: ū·nə·qê·ḇāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- A female. From naqab; female.">and female</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">—</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: lə·ha·ḥă·yōṯ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">to keep them alive</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.">with you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Genesis 7:2-3</a></span><br />You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate; / and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-8.htm">Genesis 7:8-9</a></span><br />The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground / came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-15.htm">Genesis 7:15-16</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1-2</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. / The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-20.htm">Genesis 1:20-22</a></span><br />And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.” / So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good. / Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-24.htm">Genesis 1:24-25</a></span><br />And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. / God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-19.htm">Genesis 2:19-20</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-10.htm">Genesis 9:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-12.htm">Genesis 9:12-13</a></span><br />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: / I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Isaiah 54:9</a></span><br />“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></span><br />By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shall you bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.</p><p class="hdg">The cubit being nearly</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-15.htm">Genesis 6:15</a></b></br> And this <i>is the fashion</i> which thou shalt make it <i>of</i>: The length of the ark <i>shall be</i> three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.</p><p class="hdg">two.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Genesis 7:2,3,8,9,15,16</a></b></br> Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that <i>are</i> not clean by two, the male and his female… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17</a></b></br> Bring forth with thee every living thing that <i>is</i> with thee, of all flesh, <i>both</i> of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/36-6.htm">Psalm 36:6</a></b></br> Thy righteousness <i>is</i> like the great mountains; thy judgments <i>are</i> a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/19-20.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/genesis/6-18.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Creatures</a> <a href="/genesis/5-2.htm">Female</a> <a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/genesis/4-22.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/genesis/5-2.htm">Male</a> <a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/genesis/6-18.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/genesis/1-25.htm">Sort</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/6-20.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/7-8.htm">Creatures</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Female</a> <a href="/genesis/7-15.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/genesis/6-20.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Male</a> <a href="/genesis/12-13.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/genesis/6-20.htm">Sort</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-1.htm">The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-8.htm">Noah finds grace.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-9.htm">His family line</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">The order, form, dimensions, and building of the ark.</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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/6.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/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—</b><br>This directive is part of God's instructions to Noah regarding the preservation of life during the impending flood. The command to bring two of every kind underscores the importance of biodiversity and the continuation of species. This act of preservation reflects God's sovereignty and care for His creation, as seen in <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a> where He declares all He made as "very good." The ark serves as a vessel of salvation, prefiguring Christ as the ultimate means of deliverance from judgment. The number two signifies completeness and partnership, ensuring the propagation of each species post-flood.<p><b>male and female—</b><br>The specification of male and female pairs highlights the necessity of both genders for reproduction and the continuation of life. This mirrors the creation account in <a href="/genesis/1-27.htm">Genesis 1:27</a>, where God creates humanity in His image, male and female. The emphasis on gender pairs also reflects the biblical theme of complementarity and the divine order established in creation. This pairing is essential for the fulfillment of God's command to "be fruitful and multiply" (<a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a>), ensuring the earth would be repopulated after the flood.<p><b>to keep them alive with you.</b><br>The phrase underscores Noah's role as a steward of God's creation, tasked with the responsibility of preserving life. This stewardship is a continuation of the mandate given to humanity in <a href="/genesis/2-15.htm">Genesis 2:15</a>, where Adam is placed in the Garden of Eden to "work it and keep it." The ark becomes a microcosm of the world, with Noah acting as a caretaker. This act of preservation is a testament to God's grace and mercy, providing a means of survival amidst judgment. It also foreshadows the salvation offered through Christ, who brings life and restoration to a fallen world.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>A righteous man chosen by God to build the ark and preserve life during the flood. His obedience and faith are central to this account.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a></b><br>A large vessel constructed by Noah under God's instructions to save his family and pairs of every living creature from the impending flood.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flood.htm">The Flood</a></b><br>A divine judgment sent by God to cleanse the earth of its widespread wickedness, sparing only Noah, his family, and the animals on the ark.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/animals.htm">Animals</a></b><br>Representatives of every living species, brought into the ark in pairs to ensure the continuation of life post-flood.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Creator who communicates with Noah, providing specific instructions for the preservation of life and demonstrating His sovereignty and grace.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>Noah's adherence to God's instructions serves as a model for faithful obedience, even when the task seems daunting or the reasons are not fully understood.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_care.htm">God's Provision and Care</a></b><br>The detailed plan for the ark and the preservation of life illustrates God's meticulous care for His creation and His provision for those who follow Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Noah's actions demonstrate that true faith is accompanied by action. Believers are called to act on their faith, trusting in God's promises and commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_creation.htm">Stewardship of Creation</a></b><br>The preservation of animal life in the ark highlights the responsibility humans have to care for and steward God's creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_salvation.htm">Judgment and Salvation</a></b><br>The flood account serves as a reminder of God's judgment against sin and His provision of salvation for those who are righteous in His sight.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/animals_on_noah's_ark.htm">How many animals were on Noah’s ark? (Genesis 6:19-20 vs. Genesis 7:2-3)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_many_animals_were_on_the_ark.htm">What was the total number of animals on Noah's Ark?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/were_dinosaurs_on_noah's_ark.htm">Were dinosaurs excluded from Noah's Ark?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_abuse_and_guilt.htm">Were dinosaurs excluded from Noah's Ark?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19-22) <span class= "bld">of every living thing of all flesh, two . . . --</span>The vast size of the ark and the wide terms used of the animals to be collected into it, make it evident that Noah was to save not merely his domestic cattle, but many wild species of beasts, birds, and creeping things. But the terms are conditioned by the usual rules for the interpretation of the language of Holy Scripture, and by the internal necessities of the event itself. Thus the animals in the ark could not have been more in number than four men and four women could attend to Next, the terms exclude the carnivora (see also Note on <a href="/genesis/9-5.htm" title="And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.">Genesis 9:5</a>). Not only was there no supply of animals taken on board to feed them, but half-tamed as they would have been by a year's sojourn in the ark, they would have remained in Noah's neighbourhood, and very soon have destroyed all the cattle which had been saved, especially as far and wide no other living creatures would have existed for their food. But if miracles are to be invoked to obviate these and similar difficulties. not only would it have been easier to save Noah and the denizens of the ark by one display of supernatural power, but the ark was the means provided by God for this purpose; and if He wrought thus far by human instrumentality, in accordance with the usual law of the Divine working on earth, to help out the human means employed by repeated acts of omnipotence would have been to proclaim it as insufficient. It does not follow from this that no special providence watched over and guided the ark; such providence is often exercised now, but it works through and in accordance with the ordinary laws by which God governs the world.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 19-21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort</span> (literally, by <span class="accented">twos, i.e.</span> in pairs) <span class="cmt_word">shalt thou bring into</span> - or cause to enter, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> receive them when they come (ver. 20) - <span class="cmt_word">the ark, to keep them alive</span> - literally, <span class="accented">to cause to live</span>; <span class="greek">ἴνα τρέφης</span> (LXX.); in order to preserve alive (sc. the animals) - <span class="cmt_word">with thee; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind</span> (literally, <span class="accented">of the fowl after its kind</span>)<span class="accented">, <span class="cmt_word"></span>and of cattle after their kind</span> (literally, of the <span class="accented">cattle after its kind</span>)<span class="accented">, <span class="cmt_word"></span>of every creeping thing of the earth after its bind, two of every sort shall come unto thee.</span> "Non hominis actu, sed Dei nutu" (Augustine). Perhaps through an instinctive presentment of the impending calamity (Lange, 'Speaker's Commentary'). <span class="cmt_word">And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee</span> (collecting sufficient for a <span class="accented">twelvemonth's</span> sustenance); <span class="cmt_word">and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/6-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִכָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mik·kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are to bring</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּבִ֥יא</span> <span class="translit">(tā·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">two</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנַ֧יִם</span> <span class="translit">(šə·na·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of every</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכֹּ֛ל</span> <span class="translit">(mik·kōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">living thing</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֠חַי</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ḥay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ark—</span><br /><span class="heb">הַתֵּבָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(hat·tê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8392.htm">Strong's 8392: </a> </span><span class="str2">A box, chest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">male</span><br /><span class="heb">זָכָ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ḵār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2145.htm">Strong's 2145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remembered, a male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and female—</span><br /><span class="heb">וּנְקֵבָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·nə·qê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5347.htm">Strong's 5347: </a> </span><span class="str2">A female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to keep [them] alive</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַחֲיֹ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ha·ḥă·yōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> </span><span class="str2">To live, to revive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with you.</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתָּ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/6-19.htm">OT Law: Genesis 6:19 Of every living thing of all flesh (Gen. 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