Genesis 8:17

Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
forth	הַיְצֵ֣א hay.tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
thing	הַחַיָּ֨ה ha.chai.Yah	H2416	alive · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
flesh	בָּשָׂ֗ר ba.Sar	H1320	flesh (from its freshness) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
fowl	בָּע֧וֹף ba.'of	H5775	a bird (as covered with feathers · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
cattle	וּבַבְּהֵמָ֛ה u.va.be.he.Mah	H929	properly · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
thing	הָרֶ֛מֶשׂ ha.Re.mes	H7431	a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
creepeth	הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ ha.ro.Mes	H7430	properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
earth	הָאָ֖רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
abundantly	וְשָֽׁרְצ֣וּ ve.sha.re.Tzu	H8317	to wriggle · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
earth	בָאָ֔רֶץ va.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
fruitful	וּפָר֥וּ u.fa.Ru	H6509	to bear fruit (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
multiply	וְרָב֖וּ ve.ra.Vu	H7235	to increase (in whatever respect) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
earth	הָאָֽרֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Genesis 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Psalms 107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Jeremiah 31:27-28 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of…
Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the…
Genesis 7:14-15 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his k…
Genesis 9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
Psalms 144:13-14 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 8:15-19

Here is, I. Noah's dismission out of the ark, Gen 8:15-17. Observe, 1. Noah did not stir till God bade him. As he had a command to go into the ark (Gen 7:1), so, how tedious soever his confinement there was, he would wait for a command to go out of it again. Note, We must in all our ways acknowledge God, and set him before us in all our removes. Those only go under God's protection that follow God's direction and submit to his government. Those that steadily adhere to God's word as their rule, and are guided by his grace as their principle, and take hints from his providence to assist them in their application of general directions to particular cases, may in faith see him guiding their moti…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 8:15

DEPARTURE FROM THE ARK. (Gen 8:15-22) And God spake . . . Go forth--They went forth in the most orderly manner--the human occupants first, then each species "after their kinds" [Gen 8:19], literally, "according to their families," implying that there had been an increase in the ark.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 8:14

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day - From this it appears that Noah was in the ark a complete solar year, or three hundred and sixty-five days; for he entered the ark the 17th day of the second month, in the six hundredth year of his life, Gen 7:11, Gen 7:13, and continued in it till the 27th day of the second month, in the six hundredth and first year of his life, as we see above. The months of the ancient Hebrews were lunar; the first six consisted of thirty days each, the latter six of twenty-nine; the whole twelve months making three hundred and fifty-four days: add to this eleven days, (for though he entered the ark the preceding year on the seventeenth day of the s…

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John Gill on Genesis 8:17

Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee,.... There is a various reading of the word for "bring forth"; according to the margin, as Jarchi observes, the sense is, order them to come forth; and according to the Scripture, if they will not, oblige them to come: of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; for of each of these there were some that went with him into the ark, and continued there: that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth, for which end they were preserved in the ark. Jarchi observes, it is said "on the earth", not in the ark, which shows he thinks that bird…

The Church Fathers

Those 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." Even with respect to the animals that had preserved their chastity in the ark God said, "Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may breed abundantly on the earth."
— Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 6.12.2

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Dictionary and topics

Deluge — The name given to Noah’s flood, the history of which is recorded in Gen. 7 and 8. It began in the year 2516 B.C., and continued twelve lunar months and ten days, or exactly one solar year. The cause…
Dove — In their wild state doves generally build their nests in the clefts of rocks, but when domesticated “dove-cots” are prepared for them (Cant. 2:14; Jer. 48:28; Isa. 60:8). The dove was placed on the…
Communion · .Noah — .Noah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 8:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 8:15-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 8:15

Adam Clarke on Genesis 8:14

John Gill on Genesis 8:17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 8:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 8:15-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 8:15

Adam Clarke on Genesis 8:14

John Gill on Genesis 8:17

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Genesis 8:17-19

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 8:13-19

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 8:17

Rashi on Genesis 8:17