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Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
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A Promise of New Life
The command to preserve the birds was not just practical; it was a promise. Commentators like John Calvin note that in the midst of a judgment, God was already signaling future restoration. The phrase 'upon the face of all the earth' assured Noah that the floodwaters would recede and the world would be repopulated, making him a steward of this new beginning.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Baptist
Of the clean creatures that could be offered in sacrifice to God, you see that there was a larger proportion of them than of the unclean, so that t…
16th Century
Protestant
To keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. That is, so that offspring could be born. But this is referred to Noah; for although, p…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and his female That is, of such as were …
The call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come indoors when he sees night or a storm coming. Noah did not go i…
