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 more expressive than the formal enumerations of P (6$18$ 7$13$ 8$16. 18$). The principle involved is the religious solidarity of the family; its members are saved for the righteousness of its head (cf. 19$12$).—thee have I seen (to be) righteous (, see on 6$9$)] Bu. and others take this to be a judgement based on Noah's obedience in building the ark; but that is hardly correct. The verb is not but, which has precisely the same force as the of 6$5$. Comp. also 6$8$.—2. clean means, practically, fit for sacrifice and human food; the technical antithesis is, which, however, is here avoided, whether purposely (De. 174) or not it is impossible to say. The distinction is not, as was once supposed (see Tu.), a proof of J's interest in Levitical matters, but, on the contrary, of the naïveté of his religious conceptions. He regards it as rooted in the nature of things, and cannot imagine a time when it was not observed. His view is nearer the historical truth than the theory of P, who traces the distinction to the positive enactments of the Sinaitic legislation (Lv. 11, Dt. 14), and consequently ignores it here. The same difference of standpoint appears with regard to sacrifice, altars, etc.: see 4$3f.$ 8$20$ 12$7$ etc.—] by sevens (G-K. § 134 q); i.e. '7 (individuals) of each kind' (De. Str. al.), rather than '7 pairs' (Ber. R. IEz. Di. Gu. al.),—in spite of the following. It is a plausible conjecture (Ra. De. Str.) that the odd individual was a male destined for sacrifice (8$20$).—3a presents an impure text (v.i.), and must either be removed as a gloss (Kue. Bu. Ho. Gu. al.) or supplemented with (G (Ba. Ben.).—3b. to keep seed alive, etc.] reads better as the continuation of

[E], assimilating J to P.—3a. The distinction to be expected between clean and unclean birds is made imperfectly by [E] and S, which insert after ; and fully by G, which goes further and adds the words. Ball accepts this, thinking the omission in MT due to homoioteleuton. But the phrase shows that $3a$ has been manipulated; and it is on the whole more likely that it is entirely redactional. Birds may be included in the of v.$2$; though Bu.'s parallels (Ex. 8$13f.$ 9$9. 22. 25$, Jer. 32$43$ 33$10. 12$ 36$29$, Ps. 36$7$) are not quite convincing.—3b. ] P uses
 * 2. For, [E]GSV read ,—probably correctly.— (bis)]