Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 8:15 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 15. 15And God spake unto Noah, saying,
King James Version — public domain in the United States · Bible text and permissions
Role in This Section
God speaks to Noah, introducing the command that will release the ark community onto the dry earth.
Read It With
- Genesis 8:13–22
Read verses 15–17 as one speech. Verse 15 identifies the speaker and recipient; verse 16 commands the family to leave; and verse 17 includes the animals and states renewed fruitfulness.
Why It Needs Context
Verse 15 contains no command by itself. Its function is to introduce the speech completed in the next two verses.
Read Genesis 8:15–17 together
Why these verses belong together: God's speech commands the human and animal community to leave and states renewed creaturely fruitfulness.
Verse 15. 15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
Verse 16. 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
Verse 17. 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 8:13–22 — Noah Leaves the Ark, Worships, and Receives God's PromiseSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Displayed wording, verse order, dry-ground sequence, exit, offering, promise, and seasonal pairs.
Exact location: Genesis 8:13–22 in the pinned standardized 1769 KJV corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Drying terms, bring-out syntax, swarming and fruitfulness, offering, soothing aroma, inclination, youth, and ceasing.
Exact location: Genesis 8:13–22 forms, lemmas, syntax, and verse structure in Gen.xml
Open source ↗