15 For they came to Noah into the Ark, two and two, [a]of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.

16 And they entering in, came male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord [b][c]shut him in.

17 Then the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare up the Ark, which was lifted up above the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 7:15 Every living thing that God would have to be preserved on earth, came into the Ark to Noah.
  2. Genesis 7:16 So that God’s secret power defended him against the rage of the mighty waters.
  3. Genesis 7:16 Or, shut it upon him.

15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.(A) 16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah.(B) Then the Lord shut him in.

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

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