Holy Scripture

Genesis 8:17

A church father on this verse
“Those whom he had brought in "one by one" in order to maintain chastity on the ark, he now brought out "two by two" so that they might "be fruitful and multiply in creation." Even with respect to the animals that had preserved their chastity in the ark God said, "Bring forth with you every living thing that is with yo…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 6.12.2

Source: Septuagint

Original

17And all the wild beasts as many as are with thee, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with thee: and increase ye and multiply upon the earth.

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In context

15And the Lord God spoke to Noah, saying,

16Come out from the ark, thou and thy wife and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

— Genesis 8:17 —

18And Noah came forth, and his wife and his sons, and his sons’ wives with him.

19And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark.

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