Genesis 6:20

Of the fowl, &c. The order in which the animals are here mentioned is deserving of notice; first the fowls, then the cattle, and finally the creeping things. What is the reason of this order? Probably the order of the account of the Creation in chap. 1 is followed, where the creation of the fowls is recorded in Genesis 1:20, and of the cattle and creeping things in Genesis 1:24. The same order is maintained in Genesis 1:26.

kind The same word as in Genesis 1:12 (P).

cattle as in Genesis 1:24, denoting domestic animals generally. The only group of animals mentioned in Genesis 1:21; Genesis 1:24, which is here omitted, is "the beast of the earth," i.e. "the wild beast." Is this intentional? The LXX adds, after "every creeping thing," καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν θηρίων = "and of every wild beast."

creeping thing See note on Genesis 1:24. The exact phrase "everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind" is reproduced from Genesis 1:25.