Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
From all the clean animals you must take for yourself {seven pairs}, a male and its mate. And from the animals that [are] not clean [you must take] two, a male and its mate,
New American Standard Bible
You shall take
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.
Holman Bible
You are to take with you seven pairs, a male and its female, of all the clean animals,
International Standard Version
You are to take with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of the unclean animals, a male and its mate;
A Conservative Version
Of every clean beast thou shall take to thee by sevens, the male and his female. And of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female.
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:
Amplified
Of every
Bible in Basic English
Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female;
Darby Translation
Of all clean beasts thou shalt take to thee by sevens, a male and its female; but of the beasts that are not clean two, a male and its female.
Julia Smith Translation
From all clean cattle thou shalt take to thee seven; seven male and female; and from cattle which are not clean, this two, male and female.
King James 2000
Of every clean beast you shall take to you by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Modern King James verseion
You shall take with you every clean animal by sevens, the male and female. And take two of the animals that are not clean, the male and female.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Of all clean beasts take unto thee seven of every kind, the male and his female, and of unclean beasts a pair, the male and his female:
NET Bible
You must take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, the male and its mate, two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,
New Heart 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.
The Emphasized Bible
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.
Webster
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.
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.
Youngs 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;
Themes
Animals » Two of every sort preserved in the ark
Animals » Offered in sacrifice
Ark » Noah's » Animals saved in
Beasts » Early distinguished into clean and unclean
Seven » Miscellany of sevens » Of the ceremonially clean creatures taken into noah's ark
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 7:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Entering The Ark
1 Then Yahweh said to Noah, "Go--you and all your household--into the ark, for I have seen you [are] righteous before me in this generation. 2 From all the clean animals you must take for yourself {seven pairs}, a male and its mate. And from the animals that [are] not clean [you must take] two, a male and its mate, 3 as well as from the birds of heaven {seven pairs}, male and female, {to keep their kind alive} on the face of the earth.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 8:20
And Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and he took from all the clean animals and from all the clean birds, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Leviticus 11:1-47
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
Genesis 7:8
Of clean animals, and of animals which [are] not clean, and of the birds, and everything that creeps upon the ground,
Leviticus 10:10
and to distinguish between the holy and the unholy, as well as between the unclean and the clean,
Genesis 6:19-21
And of every living thing, from all flesh, you must bring two from every [kind] into the ark to keep [them] alive with you; they shall be male and female.
Deuteronomy 14:1-21
"You [are] children of Yahweh your God; [therefore] you must not gash yourself, and {you must not make your forehead bald} for [the] dead.
Ezekiel 44:23
And they will teach my people [the difference] between what is holy and what is unholy, and [the difference] between unclean and clean they must show them.
Acts 10:11-15
And he saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet coming down, being let down to the earth by its four corners,