King James Version
Genesis 7:8 in the King James Version says “Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,”
Genesis 7:8 · KJV
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. after: or, on the seventh day
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“and of beasts”
H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
“and of beasts”
H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“and of fowls”
H5775a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“and of every thing that creepeth”
H7430properly, to glide swiftly, i.e., to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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