Genesis 7:2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:1-5

The Day Arrives (Genesis 7:1-5 ) 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 a reversion from Elohim to Yahweh because God is now dealing with Noah personally as one who is within His covenant and not primarily as Judge and Creator. The long period of activity required in Genesis 6:22 is over and the time has come for them to take refuge in the ark. Again the reason is... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:1-24

“The Histories of the Sons of Noah” - The Flood (Genesis 6:9 b - Genesis 10:1 a) - TABLET IV It has been common practise among a large number of scholars to seek to split the flood narrative into different so-called ‘documents’. This has partly resulted from not comparing them closely enough with ancient writings as a whole and partly from over-enthusiasm for a theory. There is little real justification for it. Repetitiveness was endemic among ancient writings, and is therefore not a hint of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:1-5

Genesis 7:1-Deuteronomy : . 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 unclean, which P regards as introduced by Moses; the same is true of the sacrificial system. A week is allowed for bringing in the animals. Whether seven or seven pairs of the clean animals were taken in is disputed; probably the latter. Unless Genesis 7:3 a is... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:1-24

Genesis 6:5 to Genesis 9:17 . The Flood.— This section has been very skilfully composed from both J and P. There are numerous repetitions: Genesis 6:5-Ruth : and Genesis 6:12 f.; Genesis 7:7-1 Samuel : and Genesis 7:13-Nehemiah :; Genesis 7:11 and Genesis 7:12; Genesis 7:17 and Genesis 7:18 f.; Genesis 7:21 and Genesis 7:23; Genesis 8:2 a and Genesis 8:2 b. There are also differences of representation. According to Genesis 6:19 f., Genesis 7:15 f., the animals go in by pairs; according to... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 7:2

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, among other things, sacrifices, as learned men have sufficiently proved; and consequently the distinction of beasts to be sacrificed was then, in some measure, understood, which afterwards was expressed, Leviticus 1:1-17, &c. Nor is this a good argument, This was not written before, therefore it... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 7:1-10

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 directly to the end aimed at; but, by Fürst, is taken to be “firmness, hardness, hence strength, victoriousness.” Either conception is interesting, and well fitted to give food for reflection. It is, perhaps, still more significant that Fürst regards the adjective tzad-diq as derived from the PIEL... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:1-24

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 of which there is no appearance; he has commanded him to build a strange vessel for no apparent purpose; he has told him that one hundred and twenty years of toil must elapse before the vessel can be of any use to him. And yet, in the face of all these difficulties, Noah forms and keeps his... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Genesis 7:2

clean beast Cf. (See Scofield " :-") . read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:1-24

Chapter 7And 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 his female ( Genesis 7:1-2 ):So seven pair of the clean beasts.and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. Of the fowls of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep the seed alive upon the face of all the earth. For in seven days, I will cause it to rain upon... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 7:1-24

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 same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. The Lord by a cause known to himself, increased the powers of gravitation, by which the seas rushed on the land in tides which augmented till the mountains were washed, and till the latent rocks presented their shaggy and contour... read more