Genesis 7:15

15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the spirit of life.

Genesis 7:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 7:15

And they went in unto Noah into the ark
Noah went in first, and the creatures of themselves came to him, or were conducted by the ministry of angels; and they were delivered into his hands, and he placed them in the ark as was most convenient for them: it is very likely he went in and out as occasion required, for the better management and disposition of things; for he seems to be the last of all that went in, see ( Genesis 7:16 ) : two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life;
they that went by sevens, yet being seven couples, as has been observed, as those which were only two or four, went by pairs: this is true of them all.

Genesis 7:15 In-Context

13 In that same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered into the ark,

14 they and every animal after its kind and all the beasts after their kind and every creeping thing that moves upon the earth after its kind and every fowl after its kind, every bird, every thing with wings.

15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the spirit of life.

16 And those that went in went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him, and the LORD shut him in.

17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters multiplied and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.