Genesis 7:8 - Plain English Version

^8-9 And a big mob of animals came to Noah, and he took them into the boat too, just like God told him to. There were all sorts of animals. There were animals that were the right sort to give to God, and animals that were not the right sort to give to God. And there were birds and even animals that crawl around on the ground. And there were males and females of each sort of animal, and they went in 2 at a time. They all came together on that big boat, just like God wanted them to.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Of clean animals and of animals that are not clean, and of birds and fowls, and of everything that creeps on the ground,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground,

Common English Bible

⁸ From the clean and unclean animals, from the birds and everything crawling on the ground,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And from the animals both clean and unclean, and from the birds, and from everything that moves upon the earth,

Genesis 7:8 Cross References

Genesis 6:19

And you have to bring lots of animals into that boat too. Every sort of animal that is on the earth has to go into that boat, so that they will stay alive in the big flood. Get one male and one female of each sort of those animals, and take them into the boat with you. You see, you have to keep those animals alive.

Genesis 6:20

And you have to do the same thing for all those different sorts of birds. Get one male and one female of all of those birds. And you have to do the same thing for all those animals that crawl around on the ground. You have to get one male and one female of all those animals too. I will get 2 of every sort of animal to come to you, so you can keep them alive.

Genesis 7:2

You have to take every sort of animal with you into that big boat. You know the sorts of animals that are right for you to give to me? Well, get 7 males and 7 females from each of those sorts of animals. And get all the other animals too, the animals that are not right to give to me. Get one male and one female from each of those sorts of animals. They all have to go on to the big boat.

Genesis 7:3

And the birds too. They have to go on to the big boat. Get 7 males and 7 females from each sort of bird. That’s how you can keep those birds and animals alive, so that there will always be birds and animals on the earth.