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Genesis 6

Genesis 6:20

Preparing the Ark · Genesis 6:13–22
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Translations

Modern
Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
Traditional
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Literal
And from the bird according to its kind, and the animal according to its kind, and from every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come to you to be kept alive.
Latin
De volucribus juxta genus suum, et de jumentis in genere suo, et ex omni reptili terræ secundum genus suum: bina de omnibus ingredientur tecum, ut possint vivere.

Original

Hebrew
English
Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

Notes

Genesis 6:19–20

  • every kind: God’s instructions to Noah repeat the language of creation (compare 1:24, "according to their kinds").

  • male and a female: These animals would reproduce and repopulate the earth again after the great flood.

Theme notes and profiles

Noah Retribution Symbolic Numbers The Creation

Events

Parallels

Hebrews 11:7

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Genesis, Book of Land Mesopotamia Noah Patriarchs, Period of the Peter, Second Letter of The Flood

Topics

Animals: Two of Every Sort Preserved in the Ark Antediluvians: Arts of Ark: Noah's: Animals Saved In Communion: Noah Faith: Noah, in Building the Ark Faith: Trial of Noah God: Preserver: To Noah and his Family, at the Time of the Flood Noah: Son of Lamech: Builds an Ark (Ship) and Saves his Family from the Great Flood Ship: Built by Noah The Deluge: Noah, Saved From