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15 Two of each living creature[a] entered the ark with Noah. 16 The males and females of each living creature[b] entered the ark,[c] just as God had commanded. Then the Lord sealed them inside.

17 The flood continued throughout the earth for 40 days, while the flood waters increased, lifting the ark so that it rose above the surface of the[d] earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 7:15 Lit. each of all flesh in which there was life
  2. Genesis 7:16 Lit. of all flesh
  3. Genesis 7:16 The Heb. lacks the ark
  4. Genesis 7:17 The Heb. lacks surface of the

15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.(A) 16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah.(B) Then the Lord shut him in.

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

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