Genesis 6:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.”

Genesis 6:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 6:18 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 6:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.”

Genesis 6:18 — World English Bible

Genesis 6:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. ”

Genesis 6:18 — American Standard Version

Genesis 6:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`And I have established My covenant with thee, and thou hast come in unto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy son's wives with thee;”

Genesis 6:18 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 6:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt go into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. ”

Genesis 6:18 — Darby Translation

Genesis 6:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But with thee will I establish my couenant, and thou shalt goe into the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.”

Genesis 6:18 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 6:18 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.”

Genesis 6:18 — The Living Sword

Genesis 6:18 in Context — Genesis 6

16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

20 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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What Does Genesis 6:18 Mean?

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