Genesis 7:2

Of all clean beasts thou shalt take to thee by sevens, a male and its female; but of the beasts that are not clean two, a male and its female.

Darby Translation

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 Jehovah said to Noah, Go into the ark, thou and all thy house; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

3Also of the fowl of the heavens by sevens, male and female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowl, and of everything that creeps on the ground,

Leviticus 10:10that ye may put difference between the holy and the unholy, and between unclean and clean,

Leviticus 11:11They shall be even an abomination unto you: of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase ye shall have in abomination.

Deuteronomy 14:1Ye are sons of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for a dead person.

Acts 10:11and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, [bound] by [the] four corners [and] let down to 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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