Genesis 8:16
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Other Translations of Genesis 8:16
New International Version
16 "Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
English Standard Version
16 "Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you.
The Message
16 "Leave the ship, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.
New King James Version
16 "Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you.
New Living Translation
16 "Leave the boat, all of you-you and your wife, and your sons and their wives.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 8:16
Commentary on Genesis 8:13-19
(Read Genesis 8:13-19)
God consults our benefit, rather than our desires; he knows what is good for us better than we do for ourselves, and how long it is fit our restraints should continue, and desired mercies should be delayed. We would go out of the ark before the ground is dried; and perhaps, if the door, is shut, are ready to thrust off the covering, and to climb up some other way; but God's time of showing mercy is the best time. As Noah had a command to go into the ark, so, how tedious soever his confinement there was, he would wait for a command to go out of it again. We must in all our ways acknowledge God, and set him before us in all our removals. Those only go under God's protection, who follow God's direction, and submit to him.