And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
19. And of every living thing of all flesh . “All flesh” is the name he gives to animals of whatsoever kind they may be. He says they went in two and two; not that a single pair of each kind was received into the ark, (for we shall soon see that there were three pairs of the clean kinds, and one animal over, which...
Here it appears indeed that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. God's favour to him was plainly intimated in what he said of him, Gen 6:8-10, where his name is mentioned five times in five lines, when once might have served to make the sense clear, as if the Holy Ghost took a pleasure in perpetuating his memory; but it appears much...
Commenting on Genesis 6:13-21
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten,.... By man and beast; of which see Gen 1:29. and thou shall gather it to thee; to lay up in the ark: and it shall be for food for thee, and for them: during the flood, a quantity sufficient for them: and according to the calculation of learned men (n), well versed in mathematics...