Genesis 7:2

Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female;

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Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

In Context

1And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.

3And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:8Of clean beasts, and of beasts which are not clean, and of birds, and of everything which goes on the earth,

Leviticus 10:10And make a division between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

Leviticus 11:11They may not be used for food, and their dead bodies are disgusting to you.

Deuteronomy 14:1You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;

Acts 10:11And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:2-5

Noah Invited into the Ark. ( b. c. 2349.) 1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and… Read the whole commentary →

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