KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
of all the clean beasts thou dost take to thee seven pairs, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean two, a male and its female;
Surrounding context — Genesis 7
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 forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
מִכֹּ֣ל׀H3605 · kolallהַבְּהֵמָ֣הH929 · be.he.mahanimalהַטְּהוֹרָ֗הH2889 · ta.horpureתִּֽקַּח־H3947 · la.qachto take: takeלְךָ֛H9031 · kayouשִׁבְעָ֥הH7651 · she.vasevenשִׁבְעָ֖הH7651 · she.vasevenאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanוְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹH802 · ish.shahwomanוּמִן־H4480 · minfromהַבְּהֵמָ֡הH929 · be.he.mahanimalאֲ֠שֶׁרH834 · a.sherwhichלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotטְהֹרָ֥הH2889 · ta.horpureהִ֛ואH1931 · huhe/she/itשְׁנַ֖יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoאִ֥ישׁH376 · ishmanוְאִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃H802 · ish.shahwoman
Cross-references
Leviticus 10:10And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;Genesis 8:20And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.Leviticus 11:1-47And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,Acts 10:11-15And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:Genesis 7:8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that [are] not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,Ezekiel 44:23And they shall teach my people [the difference] between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.Deuteronomy 14:1-21Ye [are] the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.Genesis 6:19-21And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
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