Genesis 7:21-23

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KJV

21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

NET Bible

22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life[a]  in its nostrils died.

[a] tn Heb "everything which [has] the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils from all which is in the dry land."

NIV


21 Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. 23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.



"the breath of the spirit of life:" נשמת־רוח חיים Neshamah Ruach hayyim


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