Genesis 7:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
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,

New Living Translation
Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others.

English Standard Version
Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate,

Berean Study Bible
You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;

New American Standard Bible
You shall take with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and his female; and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and his female;

NASB 1995
"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;

NASB 1977
“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;

Amplified Bible
Of every clean animal you shall take with you seven pair, the male and his female, and of animals that are not clean, two each the male and his female;

Christian Standard Bible
You are to take with you seven pairs, a male and its female, of all the clean animals, and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and its female,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are to take with you seven pairs, a male and its female, of all the clean animals, and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and its female,

Contemporary English Version
Take seven pairs of every kind of animal that can be used for sacrifice and one pair of all others.

Good News Translation
Take with you seven pairs of each kind of ritually clean animal, but only one pair of each kind of unclean animal.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal (a male and a female of each) and one pair of every kind of unclean animal (a male and a female).

International Standard Version
You are to take with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of the unclean animals, a male and its mate;

NET Bible
You must take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, the male and its mate, two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
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;

King James 2000 Bible
Of every clean beast you shall take to you by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

New Heart English Bible
You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.

World English Bible
You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.

American King James Version
Of every clean beast you shall take to you by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

American Standard Version
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:

A Faithful Version
You shall take with you every clean animal by sevens, the male and female. And take two of the animals that are not clean, the male and female.

Darby Bible Translation
Of all clean beasts thou shalt take to thee by sevens, a male and its female; but of the beasts that are not clean two, a male and its female.

English Revised Version
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;

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Of euery cleane beast thou shalt take to thee by seuens, the male & his female: but of vncleane beastes by couples, the male & his female.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Of euery cleane beast thou shalt take with thee seuen and seuen, the male and his female, but of vncleane cattell two, the male and his female.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Of all cleane beastes take vnto the seuen and seuen, the male and his female. And of vncleane beastes a payre, the male and his female.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Of all clene beastes take vnto the .vij. of every kynde the male and hys female And of vnclene beastes a payre the male and hys female:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
you take seven pairs from all the clean beasts to yourself, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean—two, a male and its female;

Young's Literal Translation
of all the clean beasts thou dost take to thee seven pairs, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean two, a male and its female;

Smith's Literal Translation
From all clean cattle thou shalt take to thee seven; seven male and female; and from cattle which are not clean, this two, male and female.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of all clean beasts take seven and seven, the male and female.

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.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And of every pure beast take to yourselves seven by seven, male and female, and from the beast that is not pure, two by two, male and female.

Lamsa Bible
Of all clean animals you shall take with you seven pairs, both males and females; and of the beasts that are not clean two pairs, males and females.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, each with his mate; and of the beasts that are not clean two [and two], each with his mate;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And of the clean cattle take in to thee sevens, male and female, and of the unclean cattle pairs male and female.
















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