there went in two and two] They came in not by any pains or compulsion of Noah, nor by any skill or art of hunting or hawking, for that would not serve to bring together so many sorts in so short a time; but by such an inward motive or instinct from God, as brought the creatures before Adam to receive their names, Chap. 2. 19. as God commanded Noah] The Lord signified his command to Noah, when he told him they should come unto him, Chap. 6. 19. 20. and when they offered themselves unto him, Gods command was that he should take them in, and dispose of them fitly in their cells and cabines.