Genesis 8:16

16 Gehe aus dem Kasten, du und dein Weib, deine Söhne und deiner Söhne Weiber mit dir.

Genesis 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.

Genesis 8:16 In-Context

14 Also ward die Erde ganz trocken am siebenundzwanzigsten Tage des zweiten Monats.

15 Da redete Gott mit Noah und sprach:

16 Gehe aus dem Kasten, du und dein Weib, deine Söhne und deiner Söhne Weiber mit dir.

17 Allerlei Getier, das bei dir ist, von allerlei Fleisch, an Vögeln, an Vieh und an allerlei Gewürm, das auf Erden kriecht, das gehe heraus mit dir, daß sie sich regen auf Erden und fruchtbar seien und sich mehren auf Erden.

18 Also ging Noah heraus mit seinen Söhnen und seinem Weibe und seiner Söhne Weibern,