This always struck me as a bit odd, because it was a somewhat common belief around then, and for long after, that many animals reproduced by abiogenesis anyway. Why bother taking two mice on the ark; everyone knows that mice spontaneously emerge from river mud!
(It’s possible that this was just a Greek quirk and never made it to Palestine, I suppose.)
(It’s possible that this was just a Greek quirk and never made it to Palestine, I suppose.)