after their kinds] That is, they went out not confusedly, but in order, (as they came in) and sorted themselves together according to their kinds; that is, men and their wives together, vers. 16. the male and his female, the cleane beasts, and birds by themselves, the uncleane by themselves, as they were sorted, Gen. 7. vers. 2, 3. The Hebrew (rendred after their kinds) is, after their families: whereof see the last Note on Chap. 7. vers. 2.