Genesis 7:21

RBT Translation:

And the whole of the flesh is breathing out,²⁹⁴ the One-who-crawls upon the Earth, in the Flying-one, and in the Behemah, and in the Living-one, and in the whole of the Creeping-one of the One-who-creeps upon the Earth,²⁹⁵ and the whole of the Red-one,

LITV Translation:
And all flesh that moved on the earth died: the fowl, and cattle, and beast, and every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, and all mankind.

ESV Translation:
And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And there died all flesh that moved upon the earth, of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man.

Footnotes

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Strong’s #1478, gava. To expire, perish. It is not the same as #4191, muth, to die which is used in Genesis chapter 2 and 3. It does not mean expire like food expires, but the opposite of inspire (breathing in). Just as Christ on the cross perishes, “And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed out [ekpneó]” Mark 15:37.

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Hebrew ha-sherets ha-shorets. Interestingly, when we previously learned about creeping things in Genesis 1:20 we were told that they creeped the dual-waters.