Genesis 7:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Male and female of all flesh went in, as God had said, and the ark was shut by the Lord.

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  • Gen 7:2-3 : 2 Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female; 3 And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.
  • Matt 25:10 : 10 And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.
  • Luke 13:25 : 25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.
  • John 10:27-30 : 27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me: 28 And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand. 29 That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.
  • Deut 33:27 : 27 The God of your fathers is your safe resting-place, and under you are his eternal arms: driving out the forces of your haters from before you, he said, Let destruction overtake them.
  • 2 Kgs 4:4-5 : 4 Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, putting on one side the full ones. 5 So she went away, and when the door was shut on her and her sons, they took the vessels to her and she put oil into them.
  • Ps 46:2 : 2 For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea;
  • Ps 91:1-9 : 1 Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High; 2 Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope. 3 He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease. 4 You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation. 5 You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day, 6 Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of the destruction which makes waste when the sun is high. 7 You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you. 8 Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the evil-doers. 9 Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord, the Most High is my safe resting-place; 10 No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent.
  • Prov 3:23 : 23 Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 7:1-10
    10 verses
    88%

    1 And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.

    2 Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female;

    3 And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

    4 For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.

    5 And Noah did everything which the Lord said he was to do.

    6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the waters came flowing over all the earth.

    7 And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.

    8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts which are not clean, and of birds, and of everything which goes on the earth,

    9 In twos, male and female, they went into the ark with Noah, as God had said.

    10 And after the seven days, the waters came over all the earth.

  • Gen 7:12-15
    4 verses
    88%

    12 And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights.

    13 On the same day Noah, with Shem, Ham, and Japheth, his sons, and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark;

    14 And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.

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

  • Gen 6:18-22
    5 verses
    80%

    18 But with you I will make an agreement; and you will come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

    19 And you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.

    20 Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.

    21 And make a store of every sort of food for yourself and them.

    22 And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.

  • Gen 7:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17 And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.

    18 And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth, and the ark was resting on the face of the waters.

  • Gen 8:15-19
    5 verses
    77%

    15 And God said to Noah,

    16 Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.

    17 Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

    18 And Noah went out with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives;

    19 And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.

  • Gen 7:21-24
    4 verses
    74%

    21 And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.

    22 Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.

    23 Every living thing on the face of all the earth, man and cattle and things moving on the face of the earth, and birds of the air, came to destruction: only Noah and those who were with him in the ark, were kept from death.

    24 And the waters were over the earth a hundred and fifty days.

  • Gen 8:6
    73%

    6 Then, after forty days, through the open window of the ark which he had made,

  • Gen 8:2
    73%

    2 And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.

  • Gen 9:10
    73%

    10 And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.

  • Luke 17:27
    72%

    27 They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.