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Genesis 7:9

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

KJV

duo et duo ingressa sunt ad Noë in arcam, masculus et femina, sicut præceperat Dominus Noë.

Vulgate

δύο δύο εἰσῆλθον πρὸς Νῶε εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν, ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ, καθὰ ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ ὁ θεός.

LXX

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

ASV

שְׁנַ֨יִם שְׁנַ֜יִם בָּ֧אוּ אֶל נֹ֛חַ אֶל הַ/תֵּבָ֖ה זָכָ֣ר וּ/נְקֵבָ֑ה כַּֽ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת נֹֽחַ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
זְּכָרִֽים
zkrym
noun · 82×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
נְקֵבָ֖ה
nqbh
noun · 22×
נֹ֔חַ
nch
proper_noun · 46×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
תֵּבָ֔ה
tbh
noun · 28×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Gen 2:19 — And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creatu
  • Gen 6:22 — Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
  • Gen 7:16 — And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.