Gen 7:2 | TNotes | STEP | 7:2 of each animal I have approved: In addition to the animals that were to repopulate the earth, these “clean” animals were for food and for Noah’s sacrifice after the flood (8:20-21 ). This passage does not use the precise technical language that is found in the regulations concerning “clean” and “unclean” given to Israel at Sinai (see Lev 11 ; Deut 14:3-12 ), but the underlying concept is the same (perhaps God revealed it directly to Noah).

b8:20-21►

cLev 11►

dDeut 14:3-12►

‏ Genesis 7:2

7:2 ^a of each animal I have approved: In addition to the animals that were to repopulate the earth, these “clean” animals were for food and for Noah’s sacrifice after the flood (8:20-21 ^b). This passage does not use the precise technical language that is found in the regulations concerning “clean” and “unclean” given to Israel at Sinai (see Lev 11 ^c; Deut 14:3-12 ^d), but the underlying concept is the same (perhaps God revealed it directly to Noah).