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למשפחותיהם יצאו מן התיבה. וכי יש משפחה לבהמה אלא אותן שדבקו במינן זכו ליכנס וליצא מן התיבה: למשפחותיהם יצאו מן התבה, “they left the ark as families.” On the face of it this sounds incredible; the Torah wishes to tell us that the animals which prior to the deluge had mated only with members of their own species were rewarded by being able to continue to do so. This was also why these pairs had seen fit to enter the ark together in the first place.