Genesis 7:2

Take with you seven pairs, male and female, of every kind of clean animal, and one pair, male and female, of every kind of unclean animal.

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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

1The Lord told Noah, “Go into the ark with all your family. I have seen how you are a man of integrity, living a moral life among the people of this generation.

3In addition take seven pairs, male and female, of all the birds, so their different kinds will survive throughout the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:8Clean and unclean animals, birds, and creatures that run along the ground,

Leviticus 10:10You must realize the difference between the holy and the ordinary, between clean and unclean,

Leviticus 11:11They are repulsive. You must not eat their meat, and you must treat their dead bodies as repulsive.

Deuteronomy 14:1You are the children of the Lord your God. Don't mutilate yourselves or shave your forehead like pagans do when they mourn the dead,

Acts 10:11he saw heaven opened. He saw something coming down that looked like a large sheet held by its four corners, being lowered onto 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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