Genesis 7:2
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.
KJV
Ex omnibus animantibus mundis tolle septena et septena, masculum et feminam : de animantibus vero immundis duo et duo, masculum et feminam.
Vulgate
ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν καθαρῶν εἰσάγαγε πρὸς σὲ ἑπτὰ ἑπτὰ ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν μὴ καθαρῶν δύο δύο ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ·
LXX
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:
ASV
מִ/כֹּ֣ל הַ/בְּהֵמָ֣ה הַ/טְּהוֹרָ֗ה תִּֽקַּח לְ/ךָ֛ שִׁבְעָ֥ה שִׁבְעָ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ וְ/אִשְׁתּ֑/וֹ וּ/מִן הַ/בְּהֵמָ֡ה אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹ֣א טְהֹרָ֥ה הִ֛וא שְׁנַ֖יִם אִ֥ישׁ וְ/אִשְׁתּֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 10:11 — 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:
- Ezek 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.
- Gen 7:8 — Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
- Gen 7:16 — And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
- Gen 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.
- Josh 6:4 — And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
- Lev 10:10 — And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
- Lev 11:1 — And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,