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Genesis 6:19

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.

KJV

Et ex cunctis animantibus universæ carnis bina induces in arcam, ut vivant tecum : masculini sexus et feminini.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἑρπετῶν καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν θηρίων καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης σαρκός, δύο δύο ἀπὸ πάντων εἰσάξεις εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν, ἵνα τρέφῃς μετὰ σεαυτοῦ· ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἔσονται.

LXX

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.

ASV

וּ/מִ/כָּל הָ֠/חַי מִֽ/כָּל בָּשָׂ֞ר שְׁנַ֧יִם מִ/כֹּ֛ל תָּבִ֥יא אֶל הַ/תֵּבָ֖ה לְ/הַחֲיֹ֣ת אִתָּ֑/ךְ זָכָ֥ר וּ/נְקֵבָ֖ה יִֽהְיֽוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
זְּכָרִֽים
zkrym
noun · 82×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נְקֵבָ֖ה
nqbh
noun · 22×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
תֵּבָ֔ה
tbh
noun · 28×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 27.—Of the Ark and the Deluge, and that We Cannot Agree with Those Who Receive the Bare History, But Reject the Allegorical Interpretation, Nor with Those Who Maintain the Figurative and Not the Historical Meaning. Yet no one ought to suppose either that these things were written for no purpose, or that we should study only the historical truth, apart from any allegoric…

Cross-references

  • Gen 7:8 — Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
  • Gen 7:15 — And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.