Genesis 1:24

1:24 God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” ¹  It was so.

Genesis 6:7

6:7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth – everything from humankind to animals, ²  including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them.”

Genesis 7:23

7:23 So the Lord ³  destroyed ⁴  every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. ⁵  They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived. ⁶ 

[1:24]  ¹ tn There are three groups of land animals here: the cattle or livestock (mostly domesticated), things that creep or move close to the ground (such as reptiles or rodents), and the wild animals (all animals of the field). The three terms are general classifications without specific details.

[6:7]  ² tn The text simply has “from man to beast, to creatures, and to birds of the air.” The use of the prepositions עַד…מִן (min...’ad) stresses the extent of the judgment in creation.

[7:23]  ³ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “wiped away” (cf. NRSV “blotted out”).

[7:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “from man to animal to creeping thing and to the bird of the sky.”

[7:23]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew verb שָׁאָר (sha’ar) means “to be left over; to survive” in the Niphal verb stem. It is the word used in later biblical texts for the remnant that escapes judgment. See G. F. Hasel, “Semantic Values of Derivatives of the Hebrew Root só’r,” AUSS 11 (1973): 152-69.