Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
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Gill's Exposition
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark,.... Of themselves, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra, being impressed with an instinct from God so to do; or by the ministry of angels, as observed See Gill on…
- The Ark Was Entered 2. טהור ṭâhôr “clean, fit for food or sacrifice.” 4. יקוּם yeqûm “standing thing; what grows up, whether animal or plant.” Compare קמה qāmâh “stalk, or standing corn.” Gen…
Here is Noah's ready obedience to the commands that God gave him. Observe, 1. He went into the ark, upon notice that the flood would come after seven days, though probably as yet there appeared no…
Cambridge Bible
and of fowls There is no mention of a distinction between clean and not clean in the birds and the creeping things, see note on Gen 7:7. The mention of a distinction between "clean" and "unclean"…