John Gill Commentary Genesis 7:14

"they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort." — Genesis 7:14 (ASV)

They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind
They, Noah and his family, went into the ark; as did all sorts of beasts and cattle, reckoned one hundred and thirty sorts, by some one hundred and fifty, including serpents.

and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth after his kind
supposed to be scarce thirty sorts; not one sort of creature was left out, though ever so small, and despicable.

every fowl after his kind
Bishop Wilkins has divided them into nine sorts, and reckons them to be one hundred and ninety five in the whole; every [bird of] every sort, or "bird of every wing" ^F11, let their wings be what they will; some, as Ainsworth observes, are winged with feathers, others with skin, as bats.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F11: (Pnk lk rwpu lk) "omnes aves cujuscunque alae", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt.