16The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.


In Context

13 On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.

14 They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings.

15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.

16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.

17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.

18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.

Genesis 7:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in on the outside.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16And they that came, came male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him. And Jehovah shut him in.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16And they that entered, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16and they that are coming in, male and female of all flesh, have come in as God hath commanded him, and Jehovah doth close it for him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.