Genesis 6:20

Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every [sort] shall come unto thee, to keep [them] alive.

Of fowls {H5775} after their kind {H4327}, and of cattle {H929} after their kind {H4327}, of every creeping thing {H7431} of the earth {H127} after his kind {H4327}, two {H8147} of every sort shall come {H935} unto thee, to keep them alive {H2421}.

Of each kind of bird, each kind of livestock, and each kind of animal creeping on the ground, two are to come to you, so that they can be kept alive.

Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

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Cross-References

  • Genesis 2:19 (3 votes)

    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 creature, that [was] the name thereof.

  • Acts 10:11 (3 votes)

    And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

  • Acts 10:12 (3 votes)

    Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

  • Genesis 7:8 (2 votes)

    Of clean beasts, and of beasts that [are] not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

  • Genesis 7:16 (2 votes)

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

  • Genesis 1:20 (2 votes)

    ¶ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

  • Genesis 1:24 (2 votes)

    ¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.