Genesis 7:14
in Genesis 7they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
KJV
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
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This verse in Genesis 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
On that very day Noah entered the ark
on Genesis 7:13-16
Eight people go in, named one at a time: Noah, his wife, his three sons and their wives. 1 Peter 3:20 and 21 counts the same eight, saved through water, and reads the ark as a picture of baptism. Then the LORD shut him in.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind,....
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind,....
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הֵ֜מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַֽחַיָּ֣ה | hachaiyah | <the> animal | H2416 → | 498 times |
| לְמִינָ֗הּ | leminah | to kind its | H4327 → | 31 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַבְּהֵמָה֙ | habehemah | the livestock | H929 → | 190 times |
| לְמִינָ֔הּ | leminah | to kind its | H4327 → | 31 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָרֶ֛מֶשׂ | haremes | <the> creeping thing | H7431 → | 17 times |
| הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ | haromes | which creeps | H7430 → | 17 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| לְמִינֵ֑הוּ | leminehu | to kind its | H4327 → | 31 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָע֣וֹף | haof | <the> bird | H5775 → | 71 times |
| לְמִינֵ֔הוּ | leminehu | to kind its | H4327 → | 31 times |
| כֹּ֖ל | kol | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| צִפּ֥וֹר | tzipor | bird | H6833 → | |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כָּנָֽף׃ | kanaf | wing | H3671 → |
הֵ֜מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
וְכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הַֽחַיָּ֣ה<the> animal
hachaiyahH2416 →498 times
לְמִינָ֗הּto kind its
leminahH4327 →31 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הַבְּהֵמָה֙the livestock
habehemahH929 →190 times
לְמִינָ֔הּto kind its
leminahH4327 →31 times
וְכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הָרֶ֛מֶשׂ<the> creeping thing
haremesH7431 →17 times
הָרֹמֵ֥שׂwhich creeps
haromesH7430 →17 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאָ֖רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
לְמִינֵ֑הוּto kind its
leminehuH4327 →31 times
וְכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
הָע֣וֹף<the> bird
haofH5775 →71 times
לְמִינֵ֔הוּto kind its
leminehuH4327 →31 times
כֹּ֖לevery
kolH3605 →5413 times
צִפּ֥וֹרbird
tziporH6833 →
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
כָּנָֽף׃wing
kanafH3671 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.