Genesis 7:2

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 7:2

7:2 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 which six were for breeding and the seventh for sacrifice. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:1-24

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 2:5), none were persuaded that God would judge the world by a flood. They likely considered him mentally affected and became "scoffers walking after their own lusts" (2 Peter 3:3-7). When the time came, God instructed Noah to enter the ark with all his household, not because his household is said... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:1-10

T HE ARK AND ITS CONTENTS Notice the phrase “the generations of” and recall the instruction about it in lesson 2. When Noah is spoken of as just and perfect, that relative sense is used in which any man is just and perfect before God who believes His testimony and conforms his life to it. It is in this sense that every true believer on Jesus Christ is just and perfect. What two charges does God make against the earth (Genesis 6:12-13 )? What is Noah commanded (Genesis 6:14 )? The... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:2

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 according to the law of Moses, which was not yet given, but such as tradition had described --- fit for sacrifice; (Menochius) though they might be of the same species as were deemed clean in the law, which ratified the ancient institution. --- And seven: (Hebrew) simply seven, three couple and an... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:1-12

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 it was to be his place of refuge. It is very comfortable to see God going before us in every step we take. Noah had taken a great deal of pains to build the ark, and now he was himself kept alive in it. What we do in obedience to the command of God, and in faith, we ourselves shall certainly have... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 7:1-6

The Order to Embark v. 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. Here is the solemn command of Jehovah with which He announced the coming of the cataclysm; it was the signal of the approaching judgment. of all the millions of men then living only Noah had been found righteous in the eyes of God. v. 2. of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female; and of beasts that... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 7:1-9

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. 2Of 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. 3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the earth. 4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 7:1-24

the Great Flood Genesis 7:1-24 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 in the first homes of human life had perished. Equally sudden and unexpected shall be the days of the Son of Man. See Luke 17:26 ; 2 Peter 3:7 . But what drowns other men only lifts the child of God nearer his home. The waters bear up the ark. When the loftiest refuges of lies and pride are... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 7:1-24

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 swift and final judgment of God against the corrupted race. The righteousness of this judgment can be challenged only by such as fail to notice carefully the corruption of the race as to its nature and extent. The only way in which it was possible to ensure the eventual purity of the race, and... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 7:1-24

The Waters Prevailed Genesis 7:1-24 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 ark was preparing. The ark was a tremendous ship. We have been told that the great ocean liners of today are builded after the pattern of the dimensions of the ark. That there is a ratio between the lengths and the widths thereof. While this monster ark was in course of building, the... read more