Genesis 7:15

15 They came to Noah and to the ship in pairs - everything and anything that had the breath of life in it,

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 That's the day Noah and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, accompanied by his wife and his sons' wives, boarded the ship.

14 And with them every kind of wild and domestic animal, right down to all the kinds of creatures that crawl and all kinds of birds and anything that flies.

15 They came to Noah and to the ship in pairs - everything and anything that had the breath of life in it,

16 male and female of every creature came just as God had commanded Noah. Then God shut the door behind him.

17 The flood continued forty days and the waters rose and lifted the ship high over the Earth.