Genesis 7:2 — Take seven pairs of every kind of animal that can be used for sacrifice and one… — CEV | maBible

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

Passage themes

Saved from destruction — thou shalt take to thee
The number seven — by sevens
Clean before God — Of every clean beast
Clean and unclean — of beasts that are not clean by two

Notes and references

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.”

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Bereshit : « Au commencement » Le mot « Genèse » vient du grec genesis, qui signifie « origine ». En hébreu, le livre s'appelle Bereshit, « Au commencement », son tout premier mot.

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Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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