Genesis 7:8
in Genesis 7The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground,
KJV
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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This verse in Genesis 7
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Noah was 600 years old
on Genesis 7:6-10
Noah's age is given as 600 years, and the year fixes the flood inside the genealogy of Genesis 5. The seven days pass, the animals come to Noah two by two, and the floodwaters come upon the earth. Peter calls Noah a preacher of righteousness at 2 Peter 2:5.
This site's exposition
The clean and unclean animals
How so many kinds fit in the ark is an old question. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown reckoned the distinct species of beasts and birds at no more than three hundred, the rest being varieties of climate. The crawling things are counted with the rest.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Christ was also represented in Noah, and the world, in that ark. For why were all living creatures shut up in that ark except to signify all the nations? For God did not lack the capability of creating anew every species of living things. For when no creatures were in existence, did he not say, "Let the earth bring forth" and the earth brought forth? So from the same source as he made them then, he could remake them. God made them by a word, so God could remake them by a word.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean,.... Seven couple of the one, and a couple of the other: and of fowls, clean and unclean, also a like number: and of everything that creepeth upon the earth; and upon that only, not in the water, for these had no need of the ark, they could live in the waters.
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean,.... Seven couple of the one, and a couple of the other: and of fowls, clean and unclean, also a like number: and of everything that creepeth upon the earth; and upon that only, not in the water, for these had no need of the ark, they could live in the waters.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִן־ | min- | of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַבְּהֵמָה֙ | habehemah | the animal[s] | H929 → | 190 times |
| הַטְּהוֹרָ֔ה | hatehorah | <the> clean | H2889 → | 94 times |
| וּמִן־ | umin- | and of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַ֨בְּהֵמָ֔ה | habehemah | the animal[s] | H929 → | 190 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֵינֶ֖נָּה | ʾeinenah | not [was] it | H369 → | 789 times |
| טְהֹרָ֑ה | tehorah | clean | H2889 → | 94 times |
| וּמִ֨ן־ | umin- | and of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָע֔וֹף | haof | the bird[s] | H5775 → | 71 times |
| וְכֹ֥ל | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| רֹמֵ֖שׂ | romes | [was] creeping | H7430 → | 17 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ | haadamah | the ground | H127 → | 225 times |
מִן־of
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַבְּהֵמָה֙the animal[s]
habehemahH929 →190 times
הַטְּהוֹרָ֔ה<the> clean
hatehorahH2889 →94 times
וּמִן־and of
umin-H4480 →1188 times
הַ֨בְּהֵמָ֔הthe animal[s]
habehemahH929 →190 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אֵינֶ֖נָּהnot [was] it
ʾeinenahH369 →789 times
טְהֹרָ֑הclean
tehorahH2889 →94 times
וּמִ֨ן־and of
umin-H4480 →1188 times
הָע֔וֹףthe bird[s]
haofH5775 →71 times
וְכֹ֥לand all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
רֹמֵ֖שׂ[was] creeping
romesH7430 →17 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃the ground
haadamahH127 →225 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Augustine of Hippo, TRACTATES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 9.11.1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.