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Genesis 8:16

Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

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צֵ֖אtsebring forthיָצָאverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bring forth”, a commandH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַתֵּבָ֑הhatevahthe arkתֵּבָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the ark”, the ordinary formH8392a boxark.אַתָּ֕הatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.וְאִשְׁתְּךָ֛veishtekhaand eachאִשָּׁהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and each”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.וּבָנֶ֥יךָuvaneykhaand sonבֵּןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […וּנְשֵֽׁיunesheand eachאִשָּׁהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “and each”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.בָנֶ֖יךָvaneykhasonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […אִתָּֽךְitakheamongאֵתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, among fowl, and among cattle, and among every creeping thing which is creeping on the earth, bring out with thee;

World English Bible

“Go out of the ship, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.

Darby Translation

Go out of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Douay-Rheims

Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons, and the wives of thy sons with thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ σὺ, καὶ ἡ γυνή σου, καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου, καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τῶν υἱῶν σου μετὰ σοῦ,