Genesis 7:2

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“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;”

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BSBPD

“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;”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 7:2 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 6:19And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
  2. Genesis 7:8The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
  3. Genesis 8:20Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
  4. Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
  5. Leviticus 11:1The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,
  6. Leviticus 11:11They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
  7. Leviticus 11:47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
  8. Deuteronomy 14:1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
  9. Ezekiel 44:23They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
  10. Acts 10:11He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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