Genesis 7:2

Of every clean animal you will bring with you seven males and seven females. From the animals that are not clean, of them bring two, the male and his mate.

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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

1Yahweh said to Noah, “Come, you and all your household, into the ark, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.

3Also of the birds of the sky, bring seven males and seven females, to preserve their offspring upon the surface of all the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:8Clean animals and unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps upon the ground,

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

Leviticus 11:11Since they must be detested, you must not eat of their meat; also, their carcasses must be detested.

Deuteronomy 14:1You are the people of Yahweh your God. Do not cut yourselves, nor shave any part of your face for the dead.

Acts 10:11and he saw the sky open and a certain container descending, something like a large sheet coming down to the earth, let down by 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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