Genesis 6:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 6:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
מֵהָע֣וֹף
ʻôwph
H5775
bird
לְמִינֵ֗הוּ
mîyn
H4327
kind
וּמִן
min
H4480
from
הַבְּהֵמָה֙
bᵉhêmâh
H929
beast
לְמִינָ֔הּ
mîyn
H4327
kind
מִכֹּ֛ל
kôl
H3605
all
רֶ֥מֶשׂ
remes
H7431
creeping things
הָֽאֲדָמָ֖ה
ʼădâmâh
H127
ground
לְמִינֵ֑הוּ
mîyn
H4327
kind
שְׁנַ֧יִם
shᵉnayim
H8147
two
מִכֹּ֛ל
kôl
H3605
all
יָבֹ֥אוּ
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֵלֶ֖יךָ
ʼêl
H413
to
לְהַֽחֲיֽוֹת
châyâh
H2421
to live
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
From the birds according to their kinds, and from the animals according to their kinds, from every moving creature of the ground according to its kind, two from every will come to you to keep alive.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).