Genesis 7:2

You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his 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

1The LORD said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

3Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.

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Cross References

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

Leviticus 10:10You are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean.

Leviticus 11:11and you shall detest them. You shall not eat of their meat, and you shall detest their carcasses.

Deuteronomy 14:1You are the children of the LORD your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Acts 10:11He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners 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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