The identification of "the creeping things" here named is not always certain. They are most likely those which were occasionally eaten. For "the To…

And the ferret. —The ancient legal authorities explain this name (anâkâh), which only occurs here in the Hebrew Scripture…

And the ferret
Whatever creature is here meant, it has its name in Hebrew from the cry it makes; and so the ferret h…

These laws seem to have been intended,

1. As a test of the people's obedience, as Adam was forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge…