What does Genesis 7:2 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens,a the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female."
Verse Genesis 7:2. _OF EVERY CLEAN BEAST_] So we find the distinction between clean and unclean animals existed long before the Mosaic law. This distinction seems to have been originally designed to m...
- The Ark Was Entered 2. טהור _ṭâhôr_ “clean, fit for food or sacrifice.” 4. יקוּם _y__e__qûm_ “standing thing; what grows up, whether animal or plant.” Compare קמה _qāmâh_ “stalk, or standing...
CHAPTER 7 Noah in the Ark and the Judgment by Water _ 1. Commanded to enter the ark (Genesis 7:1)_ 2. Noah's obedience (Genesis 7:5) 3. The judgment by water (Genesis 7:10) Noah is a type of the...
From J, but touched by the redactor in Genesis 7:3_ a_. J's account of the command to build the ark and its fulfilment has been omitted in favour of P's. J recognises the distinction between clean and...
CLEAN. For sacrifice Leviticus 1:2; Leviticus 1:10; Leviticus 1:14, &c, sevens. For propagation. TWO. See note on Genesis 6:19; Genesis 6:12....
Genesis 7:1-5 The account, from J, of the command to enter the ark. The chief difference, between the J and P versions, lies in the number of the animals which Noah is to take into the ark. According...
OF EVERY CLEAN BEAST—BY SEVENS—MALE AND FEMALE— _Seven pair_ of clean beasts were to be taken; the Hebrew is _seven seven; by sevens._ Of unclean beasts only one pair was to be taken: the reason for t...
PART TWENTY-ONE: THE WORLD UNDER THE FLOOD (Genesis 7:1-24) 1. _The Embarkation_ (Genesis 7:1-24). _The Biblical Account_ 1 And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for...
_OF EVERY CLEAN BEAST THOU SHALT TAKE TO THEE BY SEVENS THE MALE AND HIS FEMALE: AND OF BEASTS THAT ARE NOT_ _ OF EVERY CLEAN BEAST THOU SHALT TAKE TO THEE BY SEVENS, THE MALE AND HIS FEMALE: AND OF B...
THE FLOOD (CONTINUED) 2. By sevens] RV 'seven and seven,' or seven pairs. The clean animals might be used for food, and would also be required for sacrifice. Observe that in Genesis 6:19 this distinc...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 7 GOD TELLS NOAH WHAT HE SHOULD DO V1 Then the *Lord said to Noah, ‘Go into the *ark and take all your family with you. I have seen you as a good...
OF EVERY CLEAN BEAST — HEB., _OF ALL CLEAN CATTLE_ — THOU SHALT TAKE TO THEE BY SEVENS — Heb., _seven seven._ — This probably does not mean _seven pairs_ of each, though many commentators so interpret...
מִ כֹּ֣ל ׀ הַ בְּהֵמָ֣ה הַ טְּהֹורָ֗ה תִּֽקַּח ־לְךָ֛ שִׁבְעָ֥ה שִׁבְעָ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ וְ אִשְׁתֹּ֑ו וּ...
THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesis 9:1 THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was the Flood. There is every reas...
THE GREAT FLOOD Genesis 7:1 What anguish! They climbed the highest story of their towers, then to the hills, but the greedy waters followed them, till the last crag was covered, and all living things...
At last the work was completed, and the man who by faith had done that which was evidence of his folly in the eyes of the world entered the Ark, leaving behind him all his possessions. Then came the...
Of every (b) 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. (b) Which might be offered in sacrifice, of wh...
Of all clean. The distinction of clean and unclean beasts, appears to have been made before the law of Moses, which was not promulgated till the year of the world 2514. (Challoner). --- Clean: not acc...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
2._Of every clean beast_. He again repeats what he had before said concerning animals, and not without occasion. For there was no little difficulty in collecting from woods, mountains, and caves, so g...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6, 7, AND 8. Finally we find power and force here below, the result, of the sons of God not keeping their first estate, of apostasy; and God executes judgment...
OF EVERY CLEAN BEAST THOU SHALT TAKE TO THEE BY SEVENS,.... From hence it appears, that the distinction of clean and unclean beasts, at least for sacrifice, if not for food, was known before the flood...
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. 2. _Of every clean beast thou shalt take by s...
Gen. 7:2, 3. "Of clean beasts and clean fowls by sevens." Three couples for breed[ing], and the seventh for sacrifice (chap. Genesis 8:20), as in the distribution of the days of the week. See Henry _i...
Here are necessary orders given concerning the brute creatures that were to be preserved alive with Noah in the ark. He must carefully preserve every _species_, that no tribe, no, not the least consid...
1 Noah, with his familie, and the liuing creatures, enter into the Arke. 17 The beginning, increase, and continuance of the Flood. 1 AND the [NOTE: 2 Peter 2:5.] LORD saide vnto Noah, Come thou and...
The Order to Embark...
See Genesis 6:8 ff for the passage quote with footnotes. Genesis 7:1 And the Lord said unto Noah, come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation....
PRESERVED THROUGH THE FLOOD Certainly so tremendous a project as the preparing of the ark would attract great attention by all the people, for in spite of Noah's preaching of righteousness (2 Peter 2:...
BY SEVENS: _ Heb._ seven seven...
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. Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him, though he knew...
OBJ. The distinction of clean and unclean beasts was not before the law. ANSW. Some legal things were prescribed and used before the law, as abstinence from the eating of blood, GENESIS 9:4, and, amon...
Genesis 7:2 take H3947 (H8799) seven H7651 H7651 clean H2889 animal H929 male H376 female H802 two H8147 animals H929 unclean H2889 H1931 male H376 female H802 every clean - Genesis 7:8, Genesis 6:19-...
THE DAY ARRIVES (GENESIS 7:1) Genesis 7:1 ‘And Yahweh said to Noah, “Come, both you and all your household into the ark, for I have seen you as righteous before me in this generation”.' We now see...
CLEAN BEAST (_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 6:19). _...
Gen. 6-7 A long period elapsed between the commencement of the building of the ark and the actual flood. During that period we notice: (1) the strength of Noah's faith. God has told him of a deluge o...
Genesis 7:1. _And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark;_ Notice that the Lord did not say to Noah, «Go into the ark,» but «Come,» plainly implying that God was himself in...
CONTENTS: The flood comes. Noah and family preserved. CHARACTERS: Noah, his sons, and their wives. CONCLUSION: The blood of Christ keeps out the waters of judgment and makes the believers position «...
Genesis 7:2 ; GENESIS 7:8. _Clean beasts by sevens._ Male and female, reserving one for sacrifice. God's special care is over man and beast, and over the preservation of religion. Genesis 7:11. _The s...
_And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark_ THE ARK COMPLETED; OR, THE TERMINATION OF DEFINITE MORAL SERVICE I. THE TERMINATION OF AS ARDUOUS TASK. 1. This termination w...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 7:1 On the distinction between CLEAN and NOT CLEAN creatures, see Leviticus 11:1 and Deuteronomy 14:4. Since after the flood some clean animals will be offered as sacrifices (s...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 7:1. Righteous.] The radical notion of this important word in Hebrew is, by Gesenius and Davies, affirmed to be that of “straightness,” the quality of going evenly and directl...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 7:1 AND THE LORD, _Jehovah_, since Elohim now appears as the covenant God, though this change in the Divine name is commonly regarded by modern critics as betraying the hand of a J...
And so the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all of your house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Now of the clean beast thou shalt take by sevens, male with h...
every clean. Genesis 7:8 Genesis 6:19 Genesis 8:20 Leviticus 11:1 Deuteronomy 14:1 Acts 10:11 sevens. Heb. seven, seven. not. Leviticus 10:10 Ezekiel 44:23...
THE WATERS PREVAILED Genesis 7:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory we wish to bring before you statements concerning Noah and the ark which are found in the First Epistle of Peter. 1. WHILE THE A...
Here are necessary orders given concerning the brute creatures that they were to be preserved alive with Noah in the ark. He must carefully preserve every species, that no tribe, no, not the least con...