"Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that {are} not clean by t…" — Genesis 7:2

Genesis 7:2 · KJV

“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. {by sevens: Heb. seven seven}”

— Genesis 7:2

Verse 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.

Verse 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. {by sevens: Heb. seven seven}

Genesis 7 — Context

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.

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. {by sevens: Heb. seven seven}

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. {by sevens: Heb. seven seven}

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. {destroy: Heb. blot out}

Cross References

Genesis 8:20

And 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 10:10

And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

Leviticus 11:1-47

And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,

Acts 10:11-15

And 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 7:8

Of clean beasts, and of beasts that {are} not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

Ezekiel 44:23

And they shall teach my people {the difference} between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Genesis 6:19-21

And 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.

Deuteronomy 14:1-21

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