Chuàngshìjì 8:16

16 Nǐ hé nǐde qīzi , érzi , ér fù dōu kĕyǐ chū fāngzhōu .

Chuàngshìjì 8:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 8:16

Go forth of the ark
Though the earth was dry and fit to be inhabited, yet be would not go out without orders, as he had to go in; which he waited for before he would, and now he has them:

thou and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives, with thee:
the Jewish writers ^F26 observe, that the manner of Noah and his family coming out of the ark is different from that of their going into it: when they went into it then went the men by themselves, and the women by themselves, and so continued apart in the ark, the use of the marriage bed being forbidden them, being a time of distress; but now when they came out they are coupled together, signifying that they were now free to cohabit together.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Pirke Eliezer, c. 23. Jarchi in loc.

Chuàngshìjì 8:16 In-Context

14 Dào le èr yuè èr shí qī rì , dì jiù dōu gān le .

15 Shén duì Nuóyà shuō ,

16 Nǐ hé nǐde qīzi , érzi , ér fù dōu kĕyǐ chū fāngzhōu .

17 Zaì nǐ nàli fán yòu xuèròu de huó wù , jiù shì fēiniǎo , shēngchù , hé yīqiè pá zaì dì shǎng de kūnchóng , dōu yào daì chūlai , jiào tā zaì dì shàng duō duō zīshēng , dàdà xīngwàng .

18 Yúshì Nuóyà hé tāde qīzi , érzi , ér fù , dōu chūlai le .