Genesis 6:19

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.”

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BSBPD

“And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every <FI>sort<Fi> thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 6:19 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 7:2You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
  2. Genesis 7:8The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
  3. Genesis 7:15They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.
  4. Genesis 8:17Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
  5. Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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