Genesis 6:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מֵהָע֣וֹף לְמִינֵ֗הוּ וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה֙ לְמִינָ֔הּ מִכֹּ֛ל רֶ֥מֶשׂ הֽ͏ָאֲדָמָ֖ה לְמִינֵ֑הוּ שְׁנַ֧יִם מִכֹּ֛ל יָבֹ֥אוּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ לְהֽ͏ַחֲיֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

From hā-ʿôp̄ to mînēhû and from ha-bĕhēmâ to mînāh from all remeś hā-ʾădāmâ to mînēhû šĕnayim from all yābōʾû unto you to haḥăyôt

Grammar Details

• *hā-ʿôp̄*: noun masculine singular with definite article with prefix preposition - from the birds
• *mînēhû*: noun masculine singular + 3ms suffix with prefix preposition - according to its kind
• *ha-bĕhēmâ*: noun feminine singular with definite article with prefix conjunction and preposition - and from the cattle
• *mînāh*: noun masculine singular + 3fs suffix with prefix preposition - according to its kind
• *remeś*: noun masculine singular construct - creeping thing of
• *hā-ʾădāmâ*: noun feminine singular with definite article - the ground
• *šĕnayim*: numeral dual - two
• *yābōʾû*: qal imperfect 3mp - they shall come
• *haḥăyôt*: hiphil infinitive construct with prefix preposition - to preserve alive

Word Meanings

• *mînēhû/mînāh*: according to its kind/after its kind/by its species
• *remeś*: creeping thing/reptile/small moving creature
• *haḥăyôt*: to preserve alive/to keep living/to maintain life

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  From the birds according to their kinds, and from the animals according to their kinds, and from every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  se that they be of byrdes in their kynde and of beastes in their kynde and of all maner of wormes of the erth in their kinde: a payre of every thinge shall come vnto the to kepe them a lyve.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Of foules after their kynde, of beastes after their kynde, and of all maner wormes of the earth after their kinde. Of euery one of these shal there a payre go in vnto the, that they maye lyue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Of the foules, after their kinde, and of the cattell after their kind, of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, that thou mayest keepe them aliue.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Of fethered foules also after their kinde, and of all cattell after their kinde: of euery worme of the earth after his kynde, two of euery one shall come vnto thee, to kepe them alyue.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every [sort] shall come unto thee, to keep [them] alive.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Of the birds after their kind, of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Of the fowl after its kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every `sort' they come in unto thee, to keep alive.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you so you can keep them alive.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 1:20-24 : 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and birds that may fly above the earth in the open sky of heaven. 21 And God created great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth. 23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind; and it was so.
• Gen 1:28 : 28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.
• Gen 2:19 : 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air; and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: and whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.
• Gen 7:8-9 : 8 Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, 9 They went in two by two to Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it occurred after seven days that the floodwaters were upon the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On the same day, Noah entered, with Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 14 They, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went into Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the breath of life. 16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.
• Acts 10:11-12 : 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 12 In which were all kinds of four-footed beasts of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air.