1. (1) God invites Noah into the ark.
Commentary on Genesis 7:1-12 (Read Genesis 7:1-12 ) The call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come in-doors when he sees night or a storm coming. Genesis 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by two, the male and his female.. Ver. Genesis 7:2 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Genesis 7:2, NIV: "Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate," Genesis 7:2, ESV: "Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate," The clean and unclean laws are specifically mentioned early in God's Word, in the account of the Noachian Flood, when Noah was commanded to take "seven each of every clean animal" (Genesis 7:2).When he and his family were back on dry land, Noah "took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar" (Genesis 8:20). Then the LORD said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.. a. Three pair for generation, and a single one for sacrifice, after the flood was past. John Trapp Complete Commentary. The final preparations of Noah for the flood. Genesis 2:7. The word ייצר, jitzer, here rendered he formed, is not used concerning any other creature, and implies a gradual process in the work, with great accuracy and exactness.
2. Even the unclean beasts, that were least valuable, were preserved alive in the ark. Of every clean beast thou shalt take by sevens.] He must carefully preserve every species, that no tribe, no, not the least considerable, might entirely perish out of the creation. Genesis 7:2.
Genesis 7 – God Destroys the World with a Flood A. The Lord God formed man — Man being the chief of God’s works in this lower world, and being intended to be the lord of all other creatures, we have here a more full account of his creation. 2 Of every [] clean animal you shall take with you seven pair, the male and his female, and of animals that are not clean, two each the male and his female; Genesis 7:2 Amplified Bible (AMP).
Genesis 7:2.Here are necessary orders given concerning the brute creatures that were to be preserved alive with Noah in the ark.