Okay...here we go with Noah's flood
Gen 6:19:
"And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind onto the ark, to keep them alive with your: they shall be male and female."
And then in Gen 7:2
"Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and it's mate: and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and it's mate: and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of all the earth."
So why the "change up" here? Is it just a further to the first command? The first being a simplification and the second being more detailed?
When I went to church, they always taught the two by two formula, never the 7 by 7. In fact it wasn't until I took to reading the bible by myself until I came across this so it has always intriqued me. How is it taught to the children at your church?
Thanks
Please no rude answers, I just don't need them...they are silly and waste both our time.
2007-07-11
03:15:37
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