Genesis 7:2

From all the clean animals, take seven and seven, the male and the female. Yet truly, from animals that are unclean, take two and two, the male and the female.

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In The King James Version

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 him: “Enter the ark, you and all your house. For I have seen you to be just in my sight, within this generation.

3But also from the birds of the air, take seven and seven, the male and the female, so that offspring may be saved upon the face of the whole earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:8And from the animals both clean and unclean, and from the birds, and from everything that moves upon the earth,

Leviticus 10:10And so may you have the knowledge to discern between holy and profane, between polluted and clean.

Leviticus 11:11and detestable; their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall avoid.

Deuteronomy 14:1“Be sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make yourselves bald, because of the dead.

Acts 10:11And he saw heaven opened, and a certain container descending, as if a great linen sheet were let down, by its four corners, from heaven to 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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