The other day on the QI Daily there was stated that there was 7 sheep allowed on Noah's Ark. I remember reacting on this "fact" when it was stated in the TV-series (A or B series?). Fry read out the passage from the Bible, but I thought I misunderstood what he said due to bad language skill. Was there really only 7 sheep? Now, when seeing it in writing I had to look up that passage in the Bible on Google, and
found, just as I thought I heard, that it was 7 pairs of sheep that was allowed. Today I looked up the English translation on the net and could read
Only unclean animals went on two by two.
"The Lord then said to Noah, �Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth."
So, there was no extra sheep that just copuld look on, as suggested on the TV show.
So what gives, no source critics done?