First, the Lord tells him:
“You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.” (Gen 6:19-20)
Noah does this. But then, out of the blue, God hands down a different set of orders:
“Take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female” (Gen 7:2-3)
Noah must have lifted his eyebrows. Again, he obeys – after all, the Lord is trying to save his life and that of his family. But then, probably to Noah’s confusion, the animals begin to show up in pairs only:
“Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah. (…) Pairs of all creatures that have
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