Genesis 7:2

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.

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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

1And the LORD said to Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark: for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

3Of fowls of the air also by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every animal that creepeth upon the earth;

Leviticus 10:10And that ye may make a difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

Leviticus 11:11They shall be even an abomination to you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcasses in abomination.

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

Acts 10:11And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to 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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