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 [Genesis 7:1](./01.md). This is not a new event.

## clean animals ##

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

## unclean animals ##

These were animals that God did not allow people 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 water of the flood came upon the earth ##

The implicit information that it rained can be made explicit as it is in the UDB. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])