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“Go outצֵאof the ark,מִן הַתֵּבָהyouאַתָּהand your wifeוְאִשְׁתְּךָand your sonsוּבָנֶיךָand the wivesוּנְשֵׁיof your sonsבָנֶיךָwith you.אִתָּךְ
Genesis 8:16
Study it in the app““Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and the wives of your sons with you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 8:16, word by word
- “Go outצֵאtse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tse” appears- of the arkתֵּבָהteva
ark
Ark: a large box or chest. It is Noah's vessel; the same word is used only again for the basket where the baby Moses was put (Exodus 2:3).
Where else “teva” appears- and your wifeאִשְׁתְּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- and your sonsבָנֶיvane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appears
The context
15And Elohim spoke to Noah, saying,
16 · This verse (above)
17Every animal that is with you, of all flesh, birds and livestock and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, bring out with you, and let them swarm on the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”
To study Genesis 8 in a group
1. What it says
What happened when Elohim remembered Noah, and what did Noah do when he came out of the ark (vv. 1, 20)?
2. What it means
What does YHWH’s promise never again to curse the ground because of humans mean (v. 21)?
3. How I live it
For what good thing can you give thanks today, as Noah did when he came out of the ark?