Genesis 7:2

Of all clean beasts take seven and seven, the male and female.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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: Go in thou and all thy house into the ark: for thee I have seen just before me in this generation.

3But of the beasts that are unclean two and two, the male and female. Of the fowls also of the air seven and seven,the male and the female: that seed may be saved upon the face of the whole earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:8And of the beasts clean and unclean, and of fowls, and of every thing that moveth upon the earth,

Leviticus 10:10And that you may have knowledge to discern between holy and unholy, between unclean and clean:

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

Deuteronomy 14:1Be ye children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, no, make any baldness for the dead;

Acts 10:11And he saw the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great linen sheet let down by the four corners from heaven 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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