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href="/bsb/genesis/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/7.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />With them were all the various kinds of animals—those approved for eating and for sacrifice and those that were not—along with all the birds and the small animals that scurry along the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Of clean beasts, and of beasts that <i>are</i> not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Of clean animals, of animals that <i>are</i> unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that crawls on the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds <i>and</i> fowls and everything that crawls on the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />From the animals that are clean, and from the animals that are not clean, and from the birds and every creature that crawls on the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />From the clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and every creature that crawls on the ground, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Clean and unclean animals, birds, and creatures that crawl on the ground<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />A male and a female of every kind of animal and bird, whether ritually clean or unclean, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />From both clean and unclean animals, from birds, and from everything that crawls on the ground, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Pairs of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Clean animals, animals that are not clean, flying creatures, and everything that crawls on the ground<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every animal that creepeth upon the earth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />from the clean beast, and from the beast that [is] not clean, and from the bird, and of everything that is creeping on the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> of the clean beasts and of the beasts that are not clean, and of the fowl, and of every thing that is creeping upon the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />From clean beasts, and from cattle which are not clean, and from birds and all which creeps upon the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And of the beasts clean and unclean, and of fowls, and of every thing that moveth upon the earth, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And from the animals both clean and unclean, and from the birds, and from everything that moves upon the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Of the clean animals and the unclean, of the birds, and of everything that crawls on the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Of clean animals, and of unclean animals, and of fowls, and of everything that creeps upon the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And of the pure cattle and of the herd animal that was not pure, and of the bird, and from every creeper on the Earth,<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the ground,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And of clean flying creatures and of unclean flying creatures, and of clean cattle and of unclean cattle, and of all things that creep upon the earth,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/7-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1506" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/7.htm">Entering the Ark</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">The</a> <a href="/hebrew/2889.htm" title="2889: haṭ·ṭə·hō·w·rāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Clean, pure. Or tahor; from taher; pure.">clean</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: hab·bə·hê·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: ū·min- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: ū·min- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: ’ê·nen·nāh (Adv:: 3fs) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2889.htm" title="2889: ṭə·hō·rāh (Adj-fs) -- Clean, pure. Or tahor; from taher; pure.">unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: hab·bə·hê·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">animals,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5775.htm" title="5775: hā·‘ō·wp̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- Flying creatures. From uwph; a bird, often collectively.">the birds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵōl (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and everything</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/7430.htm" title="7430: rō·mêś (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. To crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm.">crawls</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">along</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">the ground</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19-20</a></span><br />And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you. / Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-24.htm">Genesis 1:24-25</a></span><br />And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. / God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17-19</a></span><br />Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.” / So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. / Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-9.htm">Genesis 9:9-10</a></span><br />“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you, / and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-19.htm">Genesis 2:19-20</a></span><br />And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. / The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Genesis 1:30</a></span><br />And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-15.htm">Genesis 9:15-16</a></span><br />I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. / And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Isaiah 11:6-9</a></span><br />The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. / The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. / The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/12-7.htm">Job 12:7-10</a></span><br />But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you. / Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you. / Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/36-6.htm">Psalm 36:6</a></span><br />Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-24.htm">Psalm 104:24-30</a></span><br />How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. / Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small. / There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a></span><br />Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></span><br />By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creeps on the earth,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/genesis/7-3.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/genesis/6-19.htm">Creatures</a> <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Creepeth</a> <a href="/genesis/6-20.htm">Creeping</a> <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Creeps</a> <a href="/genesis/7-6.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-3.htm">Fowls</a> <a href="/genesis/6-20.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Move</a> <a href="/genesis/7-3.htm">Pairs</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/genesis/7-16.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/genesis/7-15.htm">Creatures</a> <a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Creepeth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Creeping</a> <a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Creeps</a> <a href="/genesis/7-10.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/15-11.htm">Fowls</a> <a href="/genesis/8-22.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/genesis/7-23.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/8-19.htm">Move</a> <a href="/genesis/7-9.htm">Pairs</a> <a href="/genesis/43-32.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Noah, his family and the living creatures enter the ark.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-6.htm">The flood begins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-17.htm">The increase of the flood for forty days.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">All flesh is destroyed by it.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-24.htm">Its duration of 150 days.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The clean and unclean animals</b><br>In the context of Genesis, the distinction between clean and unclean animals is significant, even before the Mosaic Law explicitly defines these categories in <a href="/leviticus/11.htm">Leviticus 11</a>. This distinction implies an early understanding of ritual purity and the types of animals suitable for sacrifice. Noah is instructed to take seven pairs of clean animals and one pair of unclean animals, indicating the importance of clean animals for sacrificial purposes post-flood (<a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20</a>). This prefigures the later Levitical laws and highlights the continuity of God's requirements for holiness and worship.<p><b>the birds</b><br>Birds are included in the preservation plan, emphasizing the comprehensive nature of God's covenant with creation. Birds often symbolize freedom and the spirit in biblical literature. In the context of the flood narrative, birds like the raven and the dove play crucial roles in determining the receding of the waters (<a href="/genesis/8-7.htm">Genesis 8:7-12</a>). This inclusion underscores the interconnectedness of all life and God's care for every creature.<p><b>and everything that crawls along the ground</b><br>This phrase encompasses a wide range of creatures, including reptiles and insects, which are often overlooked in discussions of the ark. The inclusion of these creatures highlights the totality of God's creation and His intention to preserve the diversity of life. It also reflects the Genesis mandate for humanity to have dominion over all living things (<a href="/genesis/1-26.htm">Genesis 1:26</a>), reinforcing the idea that every part of creation has value and purpose. This comprehensive preservation plan foreshadows the new creation themes found in prophetic literature, where all creation is restored and renewed.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>A righteous man chosen by God to preserve life through the building of the ark. He is obedient to God's commands.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a></b><br>A large vessel constructed by Noah under God's direction to save his family and pairs of every kind of animal from the flood.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/clean_and_unclean_animals.htm">Clean and Unclean Animals</a></b><br>Categories of animals that Noah was instructed to bring into the ark. This distinction is significant in later Mosaic Law.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flood.htm">The Flood</a></b><br>A cataclysmic event sent by God to cleanse the earth of its widespread wickedness, sparing only Noah, his family, and the animals on the ark.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Creator who judges the earth with the flood but also provides a means of salvation through Noah and the ark.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>Noah's meticulous adherence to God's instructions regarding the animals demonstrates the importance of obedience in our walk with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/distinction_and_holiness.htm">Distinction and Holiness</a></b><br>The distinction between clean and unclean animals foreshadows the call for God's people to be set apart and holy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_salvation.htm">God's Provision and Salvation</a></b><br>Just as God provided a way of salvation through the ark, He provides salvation through Jesus Christ today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Noah's actions were driven by faith, reminding us that true faith is demonstrated through obedience and action.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparedness_for_judgment.htm">Preparedness for Judgment</a></b><br>The flood serves as a reminder of God's judgment and the importance of being spiritually prepared for Christ's return.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_it_possible_for_you_to_rewrite_this.htm">What was the total number on Noah's ark?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/were_dinosaurs_on_noah's_ark.htm">Were dinosaurs excluded from Noah's Ark?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_are_'all_things_pure'_yet_restricted.htm">Titus 1:15 - How can 'all things be pure' to those who are pure, yet still align with other scriptures' dietary and moral restrictions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/animals_on_noah's_ark.htm">How many animals were on Noah's ark? (Genesis 6:19-20 vs. Genesis 7:2-3)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Beasts.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">of the clean cattle and of the cattle that was not clean. </span>In the <span class= "ital">Chaldean Genesis, </span>Xisuthrus takes also wild animals, seeds of all kinds of plants, gold and silver, male and female slaves, the "sons of the best," and the "sons of the people" (pp. 280-283). There it is a whole tribe, with their chief, who are saved--here one family only.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 8, 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, there went in two and two into the ark, the male and the female.</span> In obedience to a Divine impulse. Nothing short of Divine power could have effected such a timely and orderly entrance of the creatures into the huge vessel (cf. their mode of exit, <a href="/genesis/8-18.htm">Genesis 8:18</a>). The seeming inconsistency of this verse with ver. 2, which says that the clean animals entered the ark by sevens, will be at once removed by connecting vers. 7 and 8 instead of 8 and 9, and commencing a new sentence with ver. 9. It favors this, that "of" is awanting before "everything that creepeth," and that the LXX. begin ver. 8 with "and" (cf. Quarry, p. 373). <span class="cmt_word">As God had commanded Noah</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/7-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[The]</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">clean</span><br /><span class="heb">הַטְּהוֹרָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(haṭ·ṭə·hō·w·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> </span><span class="str2">Clean, pure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִן־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">unclean</span><br /><span class="heb">טְהֹרָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṭə·hō·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> </span><span class="str2">Clean, pure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">animals,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֨בְּהֵמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bə·hê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the birds,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָע֔וֹף</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ō·wp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5775.htm">Strong's 5775: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flying creatures</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and everything</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכֹ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">crawls</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹמֵ֖שׂ</span> <span class="translit">(rō·mêś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7430.htm">Strong's 7430: </a> </span><span class="str2">To glide swiftly, to crawl, move with short steps, to swarm</span><br /><br /><span class="word">along</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ground</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/7-8.htm">Genesis 7:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/7-8.htm">Genesis 7:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/7-8.htm">Genesis 7:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/7-8.htm">Genesis 7:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/7-8.htm">Genesis 7:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/7-8.htm">Genesis 7:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/7-8.htm">Genesis 7:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/7-8.htm">Genesis 7:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/7-8.htm">Genesis 7:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/7-8.htm">Genesis 7:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/7-8.htm">OT Law: Genesis 7:8 Clean animals animals that are not clean (Gen. 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