John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 7:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and his female, etc.] That is, of such as were clean; seven couple of these were to be brought into the ark, for the like use as of the clean beasts, and those under the law; and so at this time, and here meant were turtledoves, and young pigeons that were for sacrifice; and the rest were for food: and the design of bringing both into the ark was, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth; that the species of creatures might be continued, both of beasts and birds, clean and unclean.

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