GEN 7:2 Of 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.
GEN 7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, GEN 7:9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Is this a contradiction or it means that animals weant in by pairs.
2007-12-26 07:30:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Seven is an odd number. One of them is unpaired.
Two means one male and one female.
Why did Noah bother to take the pigs anyway?
2007-12-26 07:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by OKIM IM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The clean beasts were meant to serve as a food supply for Noah and his family, as well as for sacrifices to God, therefore seven pairs of each was brought in. The unclean animals were brought in two by two to serve as breeding stock to perpetuate the species.
2007-12-26 15:36:52 · answer #2 · answered by Jay R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "two-by-two" story is a man invented"tradition".... those words you post are plain English.. what part do you not understands.... read the rest of the story... some were only "pairs" male and female... of others there were more taken... quite clear in any translation I have ever read.
2007-12-26 15:36:05 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way it is tranlated into 1600 english is the problem. to sum it up, clean animals as in cows, horses etc there where 7 pair, unclean due to there inbreading only 2 were needed.
2007-12-26 15:35:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
DA read the WHOLE thing not bits and pieces - any one who is religious should know that dur the whole chapter read the whole thing and get a better version like the english standard version or the NIV they are way eaisier to understand and get a commentary from your local christian book store or ask your pastor.
2007-12-26 15:36:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Again there are two stories of the The Deluge with different twists.
2007-12-26 15:34:31 · answer #6 · answered by Averell A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no contradictions in the Bible.
2007-12-26 15:34:12 · answer #7 · answered by Peter Griffin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no contradictions, there are only Bible difficulties.
2007-12-26 15:33:59 · answer #8 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no contradiction....by pairs.
2007-12-26 15:33:44 · answer #9 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋