and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
Genesis 7:2 - New International Version (Anglicised) Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Of every clean beast you shall receive and take with you seven pairs, the male and his mate, and of beasts that are not clean a pair of each kind, the male and his mate, [Lev. 11.] American Standard Version (1901) 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: Common English Bible From every clean animal, take seven pairs, a male and his mate; and from every unclean animal, take one pair, a male and his mate; Catholic Public Domain Version From all the clean animals, take seven and seven, the male and the female. Yet truly, from animals that are unclean, take two and two, the male and the female. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Of all clean beasts take seven and seven, the male and female. |
and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground,
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.
They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.
so that you can distinguish between the holy and the common, between the unclean and the clean,