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Genesis 7:2

1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

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;

3 and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.

4 For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

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BSB
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;
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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:
DARBY
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.
BLB
From every clean animal you shall take with you seven [by] seven, a male and his female; and from the animals that [are] not clean, [from] these two: A male and his female;
ÅB
Av alle rene dyr skal du ta deg ut syv par, han og hun, men av de dyr som ikke er rene, ett par, han og hun;
OTB
Ta med deg syv par av alle slags rene dyr, en hann og dens hunn; og ett par av alle slags urene dyr, en hann og dens hunn;
B1930
Av alle rene dyr skal du ta dig ut syv par, han og hun, men av de dyr som ikke er rene, ett par, han og hun;

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