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Genesis 7:2-4
New International Version
Genesis 7:2-4
New International Version
2 Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean(A) animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, 3 and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive(B) throughout the earth. 4 Seven days from now I will send rain(C) on the earth(D) for forty days(E) and forty nights,(F) and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.(G)”
Genesis 7:2-4
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 7:2-4
Contemporary English Version
2 Take seven pairs of every kind of animal that can be used for sacrifice[a] and one pair of all others. 3 Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird with you. Do this so there will always be animals and birds on the earth. 4 Seven days from now I will send rain that will last for 40 days and nights, and I will destroy all other living creatures I have made.
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- 7.2 animal … for sacrifice: Hebrew “clean animals.” Animals that could be used for sacrifice were called “clean,” and animals that could not be used were called “unclean.”
Genesis 7:2-4
New King James Version
Genesis 7:2-4
New King James Version
2 You shall take with you seven each of every (A)clean animal, a male and his female; (B)two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; 3 also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep [a]the species alive on the face of all the earth. 4 For after (C)seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth (D)forty days and forty nights, and I will [b]destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.”
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- Genesis 7:3 Lit. seed
- Genesis 7:4 Lit. blot out
Genesis 7:2-4
English Standard Version
Genesis 7:2-4
English Standard Version
2 Take with you seven pairs of all (A)clean animals,[a] the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate, 3 and seven pairs[b] of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth. 4 For in seven days (B)I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, (C)and every living thing[c] that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.”
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- Genesis 7:2 Or seven of each kind of clean animal
- Genesis 7:3 Or seven of each kind
- Genesis 7:4 Hebrew all existence; also verse 23
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