>Denis or anyone else with some Hebrew background: does the Hebrew give us
>any clues regarding whether reproduction is implied by the phrase "after
>their kind"?
This is a good question. The answer is quite elusive in my reference
materials. In Strong's, the Hebrew word for "Kind" (miyn), pronounced
meen, is defined simply as "to portion out; a sort, i.e. a species". I
doubt that this means a taxanomic species but a more general term
implying a kind, variety, or type as the word is used elsewhere in the
Old Testament in other contexts.
I agree, it is the Hebrew meaning of the phrase "after their kind" that
we need to explore.
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Paul Durham pdd@gcc.cc.md.us
Oakland, Maryland