Genesis 8:17

“Every 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.””

Genesis 8:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Genesis 8:17, word by word

animalחַיָּהchaya

beast

Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.

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fleshבָּשָׂרbasar

flesh

The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.

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birdsעוֹףof

bird

The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.

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and livestockבְּהֵמָהbehema

livestock

A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.

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creeping thingרֶמֶשׂremes

creeping thing

Creeping things: animals that move along the ground or glide, reptiles and small animals. From the same root as "creep".

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that creepsרֹמֵשׂromes

creep, move

Move along the ground or glide: creep, crawl. It is said of small land animals and also of those that move in the water.

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the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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bring outהַיְצֵאhaytse

bring out

To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".

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and let them swarmשָׁרְצוּshartsu

swarm

Swarm: move in great numbers, multiply until a place is full, like fish or insects.

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and be fruitfulפָרוּfaru

be fruitful

Bear fruit; be fruitful, have descendants.

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and multiplyרָבוּravu

multiply

To grow in number.

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The context

16“Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and the wives of your sons with you.

17 · This verse (above)

18And Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons with him.

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To study Genesis 8 in a group

  1. 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. 2. What it means

    What does YHWH’s promise never again to curse the ground because of humans mean (v. 21)?

  3. 3. How I live it

    For what good thing can you give thanks today, as Noah did when he came out of the ark?

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