Genesis 7:2

You must take with you seven ¹  of every kind of clean animal, ²  the male and its mate, ³  two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,

biblegateway Gen 7:2

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,

biblegateway Gen 7:2

"You shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female;

biblegateway Gen 7:2

Take along seven pairs of each animal that I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others.

biblegateway Gen 7:2

"Take on board with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and a female; one pair of every unclean animal, a male and a female;

SABDAweb Gen 7:2

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;

bibleoremus Gen 7:2

Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and its mate; and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and its mate;

biblegateway Gen 7:2

"You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female;

biblegateway Gen 7:2

You must take with you seven ¹  of every kind of clean animal, ²  the male and its mate, ³  two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,

¹ tn Or “seven pairs” (cf. NRSV).

² sn For a study of the Levitical terminology of “clean” and “unclean,” see L. E. Toombs, IDB 1:643.

³ tn Heb “a male and his female” (also a second time at the end of this verse). The terms used here for male and female animals (אִישׁ, ’ish) and אִשָּׁה, ’ishah) normally refer to humans.