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for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then God said to Noah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then God said to Noah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then God said to Noah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then God said to Noah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And God spake unto Noah, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then God spoke to Noah, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span 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Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then God spoke to Noah, &#8220<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And God spake unto Noah, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God said to Noah, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And God spake unto Noah, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then God spoke to Noah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />God said to Noah, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />God spoke to Noah, <span 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your sons, and your sons’ wives with you;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And God speaketh unto Noah, saying, 'Go out from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And God will speak to Noah, saying,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And God spoke to Noe, saying: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then God spoke to Noah, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then God said to Noah:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then God said to Noah,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And God spoke to Noah, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And God spoke with Noah and he said to him,<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And God spoke unto Noah, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/8-15.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=1766" 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/8.htm">Exiting the Ark</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">Then God</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: way·ḏab·bêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5146.htm" title="5146: nō·aḥ (N-proper-ms) -- Rest, patriarch who survived the flood. The same as nuwach; rest; Noach, the patriarch of the flood.">Noah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>“Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.…<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/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-18.htm">Genesis 6:18</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Genesis 7:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-8.htm">Genesis 9:8-17</a></span><br />Then God said to Noah and his sons with him, / “Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you, / 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="/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="/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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a></span><br />Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.<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="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/3-10.htm">Exodus 3:10</a></span><br />Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-29.htm">Exodus 14:29-31</a></span><br />But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. / That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore. / When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/4-23.htm">Joshua 4:23-24</a></span><br />For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over. / He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And God spoke to Noah, saying,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/jude/1-16.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/genesis/7-13.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/genesis/7-13.htm">Wives</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/8-16.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/genesis/8-18.htm">Noah</a> <a href="/genesis/9-8.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/genesis/8-16.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/genesis/8-16.htm">Wives</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">God remembers Noah and calms the waters.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-4.htm">The ark rests on Ararat.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-6.htm">Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-13.htm">Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">He builds an altar, and offers sacrifices,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more.</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/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><b>Then God said to Noah,</b><br>This phrase marks a pivotal moment in the narrative of the Flood. It signifies the end of the judgment period and the beginning of a new covenant relationship between God and humanity. The direct communication from God to Noah highlights the personal nature of God's relationship with His chosen servants. This divine communication is consistent with other instances in Scripture where God speaks directly to key figures, such as Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1</a>) and Moses (<a href="/exodus/3-4.htm">Exodus 3:4</a>). The use of "God" here emphasizes His sovereignty and authority over creation, as He orchestrates the events following the Flood. Noah, as a type of Christ, serves as a mediator between God and the renewed earth, prefiguring Christ's role as the ultimate mediator between God and humanity (<a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>). This moment also sets the stage for the establishment of the Noahic Covenant, which is foundational for understanding God's ongoing relationship with the world.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Creator and Sustainer of the universe, who communicates directly with Noah, demonstrating His ongoing relationship and covenant with humanity.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>A righteous man chosen by God to survive the flood and tasked with the responsibility of repopulating and stewarding the earth post-flood.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a></b><br>The vessel built by Noah under God's instructions to preserve human and animal life during the flood.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flood.htm">The Flood</a></b><br>A cataclysmic event sent by God to cleanse the earth of its widespread wickedness, sparing only Noah, his family, and the animals aboard the ark.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_ararat.htm">Mount Ararat</a></b><br>The location where the ark came to rest after the floodwaters receded, marking the beginning of a new chapter for humanity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_voice.htm">Obedience to God's Voice</a></b><br>Noah's response to God's command exemplifies the importance of obedience in our walk with God. We are called to listen and act upon God's instructions, trusting in His wisdom and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Noah's faith was demonstrated through his actions. Our faith should likewise be evident in how we live our lives, aligning our actions with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>God's communication with Noah after the flood reaffirms His faithfulness. We can trust that God will guide us through life's challenges and fulfill His promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/n/new_beginnings.htm">New Beginnings</a></b><br>The end of the flood signifies a new beginning for humanity. In our lives, God offers new beginnings and opportunities for growth and renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_creation.htm">Stewardship of Creation</a></b><br>Noah's role in preserving life highlights the responsibility we have to care for God's creation, acting as stewards of the earth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_birds_symbolize_in_noah's_story.htm">What do the birds symbolize in Noah's flood story?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_key_themes_in_genesis.htm">What are the key themes in Genesis?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_species_location_support_evolution.htm">Why does the geographic distribution of species support evolution rather than a global flood?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_trace_human_origins_to_africa.htm">Why do genetic markers trace humanity’s origins to Africa, not the Middle East?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15-19) <span class= "bld">Go forth . . . --</span>At the end of exactly a solar year, thus curiously rectified, Noah, his family, and all the animals belonging to the Noachian world-circle are to leave the ark. The vast extent of the flood, and the total destruction of all that had existed before, is indicated by the repetition of the primaeval command, in <a href="/genesis/1-22.htm" title="And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.">Genesis 1:22</a>, "to be fruitful and multiply upon the earth." Whatever the flood may have been with respect to the whole globe, it was to Noah and his race absolutely a. new beginning of things.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 15-17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark.</span> For which command doubtless the patriarch waited, as he had done for instructions to enter in (<a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11</a>), "being restrained by a hallowed modesty from allowing himself to enjoy the bounty of nature till he should hear the voice of God directing him to do so" (Calvin). <span class="cmt_word">Thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.</span> The order is different, in <a href="/genesis/7-7.htm">Genesis 7:7</a>, whence Ambrose noteth, "non commiscetur sexus in introitu, sod commiscetur in ingressu." <span class="cmt_word">Bring forth with thee</span> - God having preserved alive the creatures that a twelvemonth before had been taken into the ark, and were now to be restored to their appropriate habitations on the earth - <span class="cmt_word">every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth</span> (cf. <a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">Genesis 7:21</a>; <a href="/genesis/9-10.htm">Genesis 9:10</a><span class="cmt_word">); that they may breed abundantly</span> <span class="accented">- sharatz</span>, to creep or crawl, used of reptiles and small water animals (<a href="/genesis/1-20.htm">Genesis 1:20</a>; <a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">Genesis 7:21</a>); hence to swarm, or multiply (<a href="/genesis/9-7.htm">Genesis 9:7</a>) - <span class="cmt_word">in the earth, and be fruitful</span> (<a href="/genesis/1-22.htm">Genesis 1:22</a>), <span class="cmt_word">and multiply</span> - literally, <span class="accented">become numerous</span> - <span class="cmt_word">upon the earth</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/8-15.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">Then God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḏab·bêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</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">Noah,</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹ֥חַ</span> <span class="translit">(nō·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5146.htm">Strong's 5146: </a> </span><span class="str2">Noah -- 'rest', patriarch who survived the flood</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/8-15.htm">Genesis 8:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/8-15.htm">Genesis 8:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/8-15.htm">Genesis 8:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/8-15.htm">Genesis 8:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/8-15.htm">Genesis 8:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/8-15.htm">Genesis 8:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/8-15.htm">Genesis 8:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/8-15.htm">Genesis 8:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/8-15.htm">Genesis 8:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/8-15.htm">Genesis 8:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/8-15.htm">OT Law: Genesis 8:15 God spoke to Noah saying (Gen. 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