GEN 7:15 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) They had come to Noah in order to enter the chest—two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX εἰσῆλθον πρὸς Νῶε εἰς τὴν κιβωτὸν, δύο δύο ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἀπὸ πάσης σαρκὸς, ἐν ᾧ ἐστι πνεῦμα ζωῆς.
(eisaʸlthon pros Nōe eis taʸn kibōton, duo duo arsen kai thaʸlu apo pasaʸs sarkos, en hō esti pneuma zōaʸs. )

BrTr went in to Noe into the ark, pairs, male and female of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

ULT So they went to Noah into the ark, two by two from all flesh which has in it the breath of life.

UST Pairs of every kind of living thing that breathes air came to Noah and went into the boat.

BSB They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature [fn] with the breath of life.

7:15 Literally of all flesh; similarly in verses 16 and 21

OEB went with Noah into the ark, two by two of every kind of living thing.

WEBBE Pairs from all flesh with the breath of life in them went into the ship to Noah.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.

LSV And they come to Noah, into the Ark, two by two of all the flesh in which [is] a living spirit;

FBV They all came into the ark with Noah in pairs—every living thing that breathes.

T4T Pairs of all animals came to Noah and entered the boat.

LEB And they came to Noah to the ark, two of each,[fn] from every living thing in which was the breath of life.

7:15 Literally “two, two”

BBE They went with Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.

ASV And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.

DRA Went in to Noe into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein was the breath of life.

YLT And they come in unto Noah, unto the ark, two by two of all the flesh in which [is] a living spirit;

Drby And they went to Noah, into the ark, two and two of all flesh, in which was the breath of life.

RV And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.

Wbstr And they went in to Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, in which is the breath of life.

KJB-1769 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

KJB-1611 And they went in vnto Noah into the Arke, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
(And they went in unto Noah into the Ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.)

Bshps And they came vnto Noah into the arke, two and two, of all fleshe wherein is the breath of lyfe.
(And they came unto Noah into the arke, two and two, of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.)

Gnva For they came to Noah into ye Arke, two and two, of all flesh wherein is ye breath of life.
(For they came to Noah into ye/you_all Ark, two and two, of all flesh wherein is ye/you_all breath of life. )

Cvdl These wente all vnto Noe in to the Arcke by cooples, of all flesh in whom was the breth of life.
(These went all unto Noe in to the Arcke by cooples, of all flesh in whom was the breth of life.)

Wyc bi tweyne and bi tweyne of ech fleisch in whiche the spirit of lijf was.
(bi two and by two of each flesh in which the spirit of life was.)

Luth Das ging alles zu Noah in den Kasten bei Paaren, von allem Fleisch, da ein lebendiger Geist innen war
(The went all/everything to Noah in the Kasten at Paaren, from everything flesh, there a lifediger spirit inside war)

ClVg ingressæ sunt ad Noë in arcam, bina et bina ex omni carne, in qua erat spiritus vitæ.[fn]
(ingressæ are to Noë in arcam, bina and bina from all carne, in which was spiritus vitæ. )

7.15 Bina et bina, etc. AUG. ubi supra. Præcepit superius septena et septena de mundis, duo et duo tolli de immundis. Quomodo ergo nunc dicit duo et duo intrasse, sive de mundis, sive de immundis? Sed hoc refertur non ad numerum mundorum et immundorum, sed ad masculum et feminam. In omnibus enim duo sunt, masculus et femina. Notandum vero quod dicitur: In qua erat spiritus vitæ, non solum de hominibus, sed et de pecoribus dictum: quia quidam de Spiritu sancto volunt intelligi quod scriptum est, insufflavit in faciem ejus spiritum vitæ; sed quidam codices habent melius, flatum vitæ.

7.15 Bina and bina, etc. AUG. where supra. Præcepit superius septena and septena about mundis, two and two tolli about immundis. Quomodo therefore now dicit two and two intrasse, if/or about mundis, if/or about immundis? But this refertur not/no to numerum mundorum and immundorum, but to masculum and feminam. In to_all because two are, masculus and femina. Notandum vero that it_is_said: In which was spiritus vitæ, not/no solum about hominibus, but and about pecoribus dictum: because quidam about Spiritu sancto volunt intelligi that scriptum it_is, insufflavit in face his spiritum vitæ; but quidam codices habent melius, flatum vitæ.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠יָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶל נֹ֖חַ אֶל הַ⁠תֵּבָ֑ה

and=they_came to/towards Noaḩ to/towards the=box

See how you translated a similar clause in verse 9. Alternate translation: “They came to Noah and came into the ark,” or “They entered the ark with Noah,”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

שְׁנַ֤יִם שְׁנַ֨יִם֙ מִ⁠כָּל הַ⁠בָּשָׂ֔ר

two two from=all the,flesh

The word flesh refers here to any kind of creature or animal. Alternate translation: “pairs of every kind of animal” or “pairs of every kind of living thing”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

אֲשֶׁר בּ֖⁠וֹ ר֥וּחַ חַיִּֽים

which/who in/on/over=him/it breath life(pl)

See how you translated this phrase in Gen 6:17. For some languages it may be better to change the order of the clauses in this verse and say, “Pairs of every kind of living thing that breathes air came to Noah and went into the boat.” Do what is best in your language.

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