Genesis 7:2

You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;

Majority Standard Bible

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

1Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

3and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:8The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground

Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,

Leviticus 11:11They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

Deuteronomy 14:1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

Acts 10:11He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth to him, bound at its four corners.

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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