Genesis 8:17 New English Translation
17 Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out[a] every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase[b] and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!”[c]
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- Genesis 8:17 tn The words “bring out” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Genesis 8:17 tn Following the Hiphil imperative, “bring out,” the three perfect verb forms with vav (ו) consecutive carry an imperatival nuance. For a discussion of the Hebrew construction here and the difficulty of translating it into English, see S. R. Driver, A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew, 124-25.
- Genesis 8:17 tn Heb “and let them swarm in the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”
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