Genesis 7:15

15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.

Genesis 7:15 in Other Translations

15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

15 They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.

15 Two by two they came into the boat, representing every living thing that breathes.

15 They came to Noah and to the ship in pairs - everything and anything that had the breath of life in it,

15 Two of all flesh that has the breath of life in it entered the ark with Noah.

Genesis 7:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 7:15

And they went in unto Noah into the ark
Noah went in first, and the creatures of themselves came to him, or were conducted by the ministry of angels; and they were delivered into his hands, and he placed them in the ark as was most convenient for them: it is very likely he went in and out as occasion required, for the better management and disposition of things; for he seems to be the last of all that went in, see ( Genesis 7:16 ) : two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life;
they that went by sevens, yet being seven couples, as has been observed, as those which were only two or four, went by pairs: this is true of them all.

Genesis 7:15 In-Context

13 On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.

14 They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings.

15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.

16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.

Cross References

• 1. ver 8-9; Genesis 6:19