Genesis 8:18
in Genesis 8So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.
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ASV
And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
KJV
And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:
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This verse in Genesis 8
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThose whom he had brought in "one by one" in order to maintain chastity on the ark, he now brought out "two by two" so that they might "be fruitful and multiply in creation."
This site's exposition
Bring out all the living creatures
on Genesis 8:17-19
Be fruitful and multiply are the words spoken over the creatures on the fifth day at Genesis 1:22 and over man at 1:28, and God says them to Noah again at 9:1. The book starts the world over in the language it used to start it. Every creature comes out kind by kind. The blessing is handed to a family that watched the judgment fall.
This site's exposition
So Noah came out
The names come in the order of 7:13, Noah with his sons first and the women after. John Wesley observes that until now Noah had done nothing without a particular command from God. The altar of verse 20 is his first act unbidden.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Now let us inquire by what order they entered into the ark, how long they remained there, and in what order they went out; how in the first instance Noah entered, and after him his sons; then his wife, and the wives of his sons; and when they went out, in what order they went forth. For it is written: 'Noah went forth, and his wife, and his sons, and the wives of his sons' (Genesis 8:18). And the letter indeed signifies, in the entrance, the abstinence from generation, and in the going out, the use of generation.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Noah went forth,....
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֖צֵא־ | vaiyetze'- | and he went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| נֹ֑חַ | noach | Noah | H5146 → | 46 times |
| וּבָנָ֛יו | uvanav | and sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹ | veishto | and wife his | H802 → | 781 times |
| וּנְשֵֽׁי־ | uneshei- | and [the] wives of | H802 → | 781 times |
| בָנָ֖יו | vanav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אִתּֽוֹ׃ | ʾito | with him | H854 → | 929 times |
וַיֵּ֖צֵא־and he went out
vaiyetze'-H3318 →1067 times
נֹ֑חַNoah
noachH5146 →46 times
וּבָנָ֛יוand sons his
uvanavH1121 →4930 times
וְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹand wife his
veishtoH802 →781 times
וּנְשֵֽׁי־and [the] wives of
uneshei-H802 →781 times
בָנָ֖יוsons his
vanavH1121 →4930 times
אִתּֽוֹ׃with him
ʾitoH854 →929 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 121:8The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:6
You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
- Proverbs 2:8
to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
- Proverbs 3:6
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- Psalms 113:2
Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore.
- Ezra 8:31
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands…
- Deuteronomy 28:6
Where this verse is studied
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About Genesis
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Ambrose of Milan, On Noah and the Ark, 21.76; Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 6.12.2; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.