2Take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,


In Context

1 The Lord then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

2 Take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,

3 and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.

4 Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made."

Genesis 7:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:2Of 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:2Of all clean beasts take seven and seven, the male and female.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:2Of 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:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:2Of 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:2Of 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;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:2Of 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:2You 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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:2of 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:2Of 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.