Genesis 8:16
Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons, and the wives of thy sons with thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Egredere de arca, tu et uxor tua, filii tui et uxores filiorum tuorum tecum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ, σὺ καὶ ἡ γυνή σου καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τῶν υἱῶν σου μετὰ σοῦ,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- צֵ֖א מִן הַתֵּבָ֑ה אַתָּ֕ה וְאִשְׁתְּךָ֛ וּבָנֶ֥יךָ וּנְשֵֽׁי בָנֶ֖יךָ אִתָּֽךְ
The Fathers on this verse
St John Damascene An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, Concerning Virginity
Noah when he was commanded to enter the ark and was entrusted with the preservation of the seed of the world received this command, Go in , saith the Lord, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives . He separated them from their wives in order that with purity they might escape the flood and that shipwreck of the whole world. After the cessation of the flood, however, He said, Go forth of the ark, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives . Lo, again, marriage is granted for the sake of the multiplication of the race. …