Genesis 7:8

7:8 Pairs ¹  of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,

Genesis 8:19-20

8:19 Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.

8:20 Noah built an altar to the Lord. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. ² 

Genesis 40:19

40:19 In three more days Pharaoh will decapitate you ³  and impale you on a pole. Then the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

[7:8]  ¹ tn Heb “two two” meaning “in twos.”

[8:20]  ² sn Offered burnt offerings on the altar. F. D. Maurice includes a chapter on the sacrifice of Noah in The Doctrine of Sacrifice. The whole burnt offering, according to Leviticus 1, represented the worshiper’s complete surrender and dedication to the Lord. After the flood Noah could see that God was not only a God of wrath, but a God of redemption and restoration. The one who escaped the catastrophe could best express his gratitude and submission through sacrificial worship, acknowledging God as the sovereign of the universe.

[40:19]  ³ tn Heb “Pharaoh will lift up your head from upon you.” Joseph repeats the same expression from the first interpretation (see v. 13), but with the added words “from upon you,” which allow the statement to have a more literal and ominous meaning – the baker will be decapitated.