Genesis 7:2-4

Contemporary English Version

²Take seven pairs of every kind of animal that can be used for sacrifice^[a] and one pair of all others. ³Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird with you. Do this so there will always be animals and birds on the earth. ⁴Seven 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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Footnotes

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.”