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1 | How many did Noah bring on the ark ? | Gen 7:2 | Jacob_Hansen | 181179 | ||
In Genesis, it is first said that "You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you." Later, when God commands Noah to board the ark, He says "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, 3 and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth." A: So, 2 or 7 ? B Also, the Danish translation of the bible says "7 pairs", the English version just seven (singles). ? I would love if someone could elaborate on these questions ? |
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2 | How many did Noah bring on the ark ? | Gen 7:2 | kalos | 181180 | ||
How many kinds did Noah bring into the ark, two or seven? Genesis 7:2-3 and Genesis 6:19-20 (Source: www.carm.org/diff/Gen7_2.htm) 'Two (Genesis 6:19-20) - "And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. 20Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive." 'Seven (Genesis 7:2-3) - "You shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female; 3also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth." 'Genesis 6:19-20 simply instructs Noah to preserve two of every kind. Genesis 7:2-3 is additional information where seven of the clean animals were to be taken and two of every other kind. The reason for this is that the extra animals were for sacrifice. "Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar," (Gen. 8:20). 'Logically, to have seven pairs also means that there are two pairs, since the two are included in the seven. If one verse said take ONLY one pair and another verse said seven pairs, that would be a contradiction.' ____________________ Source: www.carm.org/diff/Gen7_2.htm Gratia vobis et pax (Grace to you and peace), John |
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3 | How many did Noah bring on the ark ? | Gen 7:2 | JRMGHM | 181206 | ||
OK I'm not a bible scholar.. and I agree with the sacrifice answer. Also, just wanted to throw this in there: I think the number "7" in the Bible often refers to "perfection" or "completeness". Not sure if this is the case there, but if you're really interested it'd be a good thing to research. | ||||||
4 | How many did Noah bring on the ark ? | Gen 7:2 | kalos | 181218 | ||
In this passage if 7 is not a literal number, then how is Noah to know how many of every clean animal he is to take? Let's try your definition of 7 and see how the verse would read with it. "You shall take with you of every clean animal by perfections, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female;" Also, in this verse if 7 means perfection then 2 would mean imperfection and the verse would read, "You shall take with you of every clean animal by perfections, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean imperfection, a male and his female;" When the literal sense makes good sense, seek no other sense lest it be nonsense. |
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5 | How many did Noah bring on the ark ? | Gen 7:2 | JRMGHM | 181224 | ||
Hmm. Actually I agree with the sacrifice answer. I was just throwing in that fact that in Hebrew the number 7 can and does often mean perfection as something to think about. Most Hebrew scholars would say that does not mean that all other numbers mean imperfection.. I actually think the number 6 means imperfection. (I think number 12, not 7, means completeness and 11 means incompleteness. The opposites are typically one number off each other.) Sorry- I was not trying to say let's not take the Bible literally!! I like to look at things from different angles. |
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6 | How many did Noah bring on the ark ? | Gen 7:2 | kalos | 181225 | ||
JRMGHM: Apparently I misunderstood what you were saying in your earlier post. Please accept my apology. Gratia vobis et pax (Grace to you and peace), John |
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