Study it in the app“Of the birds according to their kind, and of the livestock according to their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you to be kept alive.”
Of the birdsמֵהָעוֹףaccording to their kind,לְמִינֵהוּand of the livestockוּמִן הַבְּהֵמָהaccording to their kind,לְמִינָהּof everyמִכֹּלcreeping thingרֶמֶשׂof the groundהָאֲדָמָהaccording to its kind,לְמִינֵהוּtwoשְׁנַיִםof every kindמִכֹּלwill comeיָבֹאוּto youאֵלֶיךָto be kept alive.לְהַחֲיוֹת
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appearskind
Kind, sort. It appears in the phrase "according to its kind": each living thing according to its type.
Where else “mine” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appearscreeping thing
Creeping things: animals that move along the ground or glide, reptiles and small animals. From the same root as "creep".
Where else “remes” appearssoil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearskeep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “hachayot” appears19And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every kind you shall bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
20 · This verse (above)
21And you, take for yourself of every food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for you and for them for food.”
1. What it says
What did YHWH see on the earth, and what did Elohim tell Noah to do (vv. 5, 13-14)?
2. What it means
Why does the text say Noah found favor in the eyes of YHWH (vv. 8-9)?
3. How I live it
What good thing can you keep doing steadily even if those around you do not understand it, as Noah did (v. 22)?
