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Genesis 7

Genesis 7:2

The Great Flood · Genesis 7:1–24
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Translations

Modern
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;
Traditional
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.
Literal
From every clean animal you shall take with you seven by seven, a male and his female; and from the animals that are not clean, from these two: A male and his female;
Latin
Ex omnibus animantibus mundis tolle septena et septena, masculum et feminam: de animantibus vero immundis duo et duo, masculum et feminam.

Interlinear

Hebrew
English
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;

Notes

Genesis 7:2

every kind of clean animal: There were animals meant to repopulate the earth. There were also these ceremonially clean animals for food and for Noah's sacrifice after the flood (8:20–21).

This passage does not use the specific terms found in the rules about ceremonially clean and unclean animals given to Israel at Mount Sinai (see Leviticus 11; Deuteronomy 14:3–12). But the basic idea is the same. It could be that God explained it directly to Noah.

Events

Parallels

2 Peter 3:1–7

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Dietary Laws Genesis, Book of Land Mesopotamia Noah Patriarchs, Period of the The Flood

Topics

Animals: Offered in Sacrifice Animals: Two of Every Sort Preserved in the Ark Ark: Noah's: Animals Saved In Beasts: Early Distinguished Into Clean and Unclean Clean and Unclean Animals Seven: Miscellany of Sevens of the Ceremonially Clean Creatures Taken Into Noah's Ark The Number Seven Unclean Food