# General Information:

Verses 6-12 repeat for a second time and give more detail about how Noah went into the ark with his family and the animals in [Genesis 7:1-5](./01.md). This is not a new event.

# clean animals

These were animals that God allowed people to eat and to give to him as sacrifices.

# unclean animals

These were animals that God did not allow people to eat or to give to him as sacrifices.

# two by two

The animals entered the boat in pairs of one male and one female.

# It came about that

This phrase is used here to mark an important event in the story: the start of the flood. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.

# after the seven days

"after seven days" or "seven days later"

# the waters of the flood came upon the earth

The implicit information, "it started to rain" can be made explicit. AT: "it started to rain and the waters of the flood came upon the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/clean]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/unclean]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/flood]]