Genesis 7:2

Of all the clean beasts, shalt thou take to thee by sevens, a male and his female,—and, of the beasts that are not clean, shall be two a male and his female.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 Yahweh said to Noah, Enter thou and all thy house, into the ark,—for, thee, have I seen righteous before me, in this generation.

3Also of the bird of the heavens, by sevens, male and female,—to keep alive a seed on the face of all the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:8Of the beasts that were clean, and of the beasts that were not clean,—and of the birds, and everything that creepeth on the ground,

Leviticus 10:10That ye may make a difference, between the sacred and the common,—and between the unclean and the clean;

Leviticus 11:11and an abomination, shall they remain to you,—of their flesh, ye shall not eat, and their carcases, shall ye abhor.

Deuteronomy 14:1Sons, are ye unto Yahweh your God,—ye shall not cut yourselves, neither shall ye put baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Acts 10:11And he beholdeth heaven opened, and, corning down, a kind of vessel, like a large linen cloth, by its four corners, being let down upon 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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