Genesis 7:2

you take seven pairs from all the clean beasts to yourself, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean—two, a male and its 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 YHWH says to Noah, “Come, you and all your house, into the Ark, for I have seen you [are] righteous before Me in this generation;

3also, seven pairs from [each] bird of the heavens, a male and a female, to keep alive seed on the face of all the earth;

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Cross References

Genesis 7:8from the clean beast, and from the beast that [is] not clean, and from the bird, and of everything that is creeping on the ground,

Leviticus 10:10so as to make a separation between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the pure;

Leviticus 11:11indeed, they are an abomination to you; you do not eat of their flesh, and you detest their carcass.

Deuteronomy 14:1“You [are] sons of your God YHWH; you do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;

Acts 10:11and he beholds Heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and 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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