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AndוַNoahנֹחַwent out,יֵּצֵאand his sonsוּבָנָיוand his wifeוְאִשְׁתּוֹand the wivesוּנְשֵׁיof his sonsבָנָיוwith him.אִתּוֹ
Genesis 8:18
Study it in the app“And Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons with him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 8:18, word by word
- Noahנֹחַnoach
Noah
Noah, son of Lamech, the man who found favor with YHWH and was saved with his family in the ark from the flood. In Hebrew "Noach" sounds like "rest" and "comfort" (Genesis 5:29).
Where else “noach” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- and his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- and his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears
The context
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.”
18 · This verse (above)
19Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, by their families went out of the ark.
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?