Parallel Verses
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;
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.
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,
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.
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
Interlinear
Laqach
Sheba`
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 7:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Entering The Ark
1 And Jehovah saith to Noah, 'Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation; 2 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; 3 also, of fowl of the heavens seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep alive seed on the face of all the earth;
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 8:20
And Noah buildeth an altar to Jehovah, and taketh of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and causeth burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar;
Leviticus 11:1-47
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying unto them,
Genesis 7:8
of the clean beasts and of the beasts that are not clean, and of the fowl, and of every thing that is creeping upon the ground,
Leviticus 10:10
so as to make a separation between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the pure;
Genesis 6:19-21
and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every sort thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they.
Deuteronomy 14:1-21
Sons ye are to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;
Ezekiel 44:23
'And My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern.
Acts 10:11-15
and he doth behold the heaven opened, and descending unto him a certain vessel, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down upon the earth,