Genesis Chapter 7 verse 16 Holy Bible
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in.
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Male and female of all flesh went in, as God had said, and the ark was shut by the Lord.
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And they that came, came male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him. And Jehovah shut him in.
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And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
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And they that entered, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
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Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.
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and they that are coming in, male and female of all flesh, have come in as God hath commanded him, and Jehovah doth close `it' for him.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God (Etohim) had commanded him. This evidently closed an Elohistic passage, according to Colenso, as the ensuing clause as manifestly belongs to the Jehovistic interpolator; but the close connection subsisting between the two clauses forbids any such dislocation of the narrative as that suggested. "On the supposition of an independent Jehovistic narrative, Bishop Colenso feels it necessary to interpolate before the next statement the words, 'And Noah and all his house went into the ark'" (Quarry, p. 379). And the Lord (Jehovah) shut him in. Literally, shut behind, him, i.e. closed up the door of the ark after him (ἐκλεισε τὴν κιβωτὸν ἔξωθεν αὐτοῦ, LXX.); doubtless miraculously, to preserve him both from the violence of the waters and the rage of men. The contrast between the two names of the Deity is here most vividly presented. It is Elohim who commands him about the beasts; it is Jehovah, the covenant God, who insures his safety by closing the ark behind him.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) The Lord (Jehovah) shut him in.--The assigning to Jehovah of this act of personal care for Noah is very remarkable. In the Chaldean Genesis (p. 283), the Deity commands Xisuthrus to shut himself in.
