Genesis 7:2

Of all clean animals take thou seven and seven, male and female; and of animals not clean, two and two, male and female.

Targum Onkelos

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 Noach, Enter thou and all the men of thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before Me in this generation.

3Also of the fowls of heaven, seven and seven, male and female, to continue the seed upon the face of all the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:8Of animals clean, and of animals not clean, and of birds, and of all which creepeth upon the earth,

Leviticus 10:10For the distinguishment between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

Leviticus 11:11of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcases you shall abhor;

Deuteronomy 14:1Children are you before the Lord your God. You shall not lacerate yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;

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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