Bible Strands
Genesis 7:14
they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the moment Noah’s household and every category of creature board the ark in direct response to the prior command.
The words — בְּהֵמָה (behemah) refers specifically to domesticated livestock, while מִינָהּ (minah) indicates that each group is gathered according to its distinct biological kind.
The thread — This systematic categorization of animals runs through the earlier instructions for clean and unclean creatures (Genesis 7:2) and the immediate execution of their entry (Genesis 7:8).
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of the precise, orderly gathering of life forms, showing that preservation follows the exact boundaries of the stated categories.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Cross-references
- Genesis 7:2 You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
- Genesis 7:8 The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground