58 Heb “from all life, from all flesh, two from all you must bring.” The disjunctive clause at the beginning of the verse (note the conjunction with prepositional phrase, followed by two more prepositional phrases in apposition and then the imperfect verb form) signals a change in mood from announcement (vv. 17–18) to instruction.
59 The Piel infinitive construct לְהַחֲיוֹת (léhakhayot, here translated as “to keep them alive”) shows the purpose of bringing the animals into the ark—saving life. The Piel of this verb means here “to preserve alive.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You are also to bring into the ark two of all the living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

NLTNew Living Translation

Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And of every living thing, from all flesh, you must bring two from every kind into the ark to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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