15 For they came to Noah into the Ark, two and two, [a]of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.

16 And they entering in, came male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord [b][c]shut him in.

17 Then the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare up the Ark, which was lifted up above the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 7:15 Every living thing that God would have to be preserved on earth, came into the Ark to Noah.
  2. Genesis 7:16 So that God’s secret power defended him against the rage of the mighty waters.
  3. Genesis 7:16 Or, shut it upon him.

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