Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

two by two, male and female, they entered the ark to join Noah, just as God had commanded.

New American Standard Bible

there went into the ark to Noah by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

King James Version

There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

Holman Bible

two of each, male and female, entered the ark with Noah, just as God had commanded him.

A Conservative Version

there went in two by two to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

American Standard Version

there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

Amplified

they came [motivated by God] into the ark with Noah two by two, the male and the female, just as God had commanded Noah.

Bible in Basic English

In twos, male and female, they went into the ark with Noah, as God had said.

Darby Translation

there came two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

Julia Smith Translation

Two and two went in to Noah to the ark, male and female, according to which God commanded Noah.

King James 2000

There went in two by two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{two of each} went to Noah, into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

Modern King James verseion

two by two they went in to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

came in by couples of every kind unto Noah into the ark: a male and a female: even as God commanded Noah.

NET Bible

male and female, came into the ark to Noah, just as God had commanded him.

New Heart English Bible

went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

The Emphasized Bible

two and two, went they in unto Noah, into the ark male and female,, - as God commanded Noah.

Webster

There went in two and two to Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

World English Bible

went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.

Youngs Literal Translation

two by two they have come in unto Noah, unto the ark, a male and a female, as God hath commanded Noah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
There went in

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

two
שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

and two
שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

נח 
Noach 
Usage: 46

into the ark
תּבה 
Tebah 
ark
Usage: 28

the male
זכר 
Zakar 
Usage: 83

and the female
נקבה 
N@qebah 
Usage: 22

God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

צוה 
Tsavah 
Usage: 494

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Entering The Ark

8 From both clean and unclean animals, from birds, and from everything that crawls on the ground, 9 two by two, male and female, they entered the ark to join Noah, just as God had commanded. 10 Seven days later, the flooding started.



Cross References

Genesis 2:19

After the LORD God formed from the ground every wild animal and every bird that flies, he brought each of them to the man to see what he would call it. Whatever the man called each living creature became its name.

Genesis 7:16

The males and females of each living creature entered the ark, just as God had commanded. Then the LORD sealed them inside.

Isaiah 11:6-9

"The wolf will live with the lamb; the leopard will lie down with the young goat. The calf and the lion will graze together, and a little child will lead them.

Isaiah 65:25

"The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; but as for the serpent its food will be dust! They won't harm or destroy on my entire holy mountain," says the LORD.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even the stork in the sky knows its seasons, and the dove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time for migration. But my people don't know the requirements of the LORD.

Acts 10:11-12

and saw heaven open and something like a large linen sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the ground.

Galatians 3:28

Because all of you are one in the Messiah Jesus, a person is no longer a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a male or a female.

Colossians 3:11

In him there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free person. Instead, the Messiah is all and in all.

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