Midrasch zu Bereschit 6:20
מֵהָע֣וֹף לְמִינֵ֗הוּ וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה֙ לְמִינָ֔הּ מִכֹּ֛ל רֶ֥מֶשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָ֖ה לְמִינֵ֑הוּ שְׁנַ֧יִם מִכֹּ֛ל יָבֹ֥אוּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ לְהַֽחֲיֽוֹת׃
Von den Vögeln nach ihrer Art, von dem Vieh und von allem Gewürm des Erdreichs nach ihrer Art, von jedem sollen zwei zu dir hineinkommen, damit sie am Leben bleiben.
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer
Noah said to the Holy One, blessed be He: Sovereign of all the world ! Have I then the strength to collect them unto me to the ark? The angels appointed over each kind went down and gathered them, and with them all their food unto him to the ark. They came to him of their own accord, as it is said, "And they came unto Noah into the ark" (Gen. 7:9); they came by themselves. "And they brought (them) to Noah" is not written here, but, "And they came unto Noah into the ark."
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