There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
WEB
came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
YLT
two by two they have come in unto Noah, unto the ark, a male and a female, as God hath commanded Noah.
DBT
there came two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, asGod had commanded Noah.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)