GEN 7:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Take in seven male and female pairs of every kind of ‘clean’ animal, and one male and female pair of the ‘unclean’ animals,

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν καθαρῶν εἰσάγαγε πρὸς σὲ ἑπτὰ ἑπτὰ ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν μὴ καθαρῶν δύο δύο ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ.
(Apo de tōn ktaʸnōn tōn katharōn eisagage pros se hepta hepta arsen kai thaʸlu, apo de tōn ktaʸnōn tōn maʸ katharōn duo duo arsen kai thaʸlu. )

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

ULT From every clean animal take with you seven pairs, a male and its female, and from every animal that is not clean take two, a male and its female,

UST Take with you seven male and female pairs of every kind of pure animal, and one male and female pair of every kind of impure animal.

BSB You are to take with you seven pairs of [fn] every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;

OEB Take seven of all the beasts that are fit for food and sacrifice, the male and the female; but of the beasts that are not fit for food and sacrifice take only two, the male and the female;

WEBBE 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET 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,

LSV 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;

FBV Take with you seven pairs, male and female, of every kind of clean animal, and one pair, male and female, of every kind of unclean animal.

T4T Take with you seven pairs of every kind of animal that I have said I will accept for sacrifices. Take seven males and seven females. Also take a male and a female from every kind of animal that I have said that I will not accept for sacrifices.

LEB From all the clean animals you must take for yourself seven pairs,[fn] a male and its mate. And from the animals that are not clean you must take two, a male and its mate,

7:2 Literally “seven, seven”

BBE Of every clean beast you will take seven males and seven females, and of the beasts which are not clean, two, the male and his female;

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS 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;

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:

DRA Of all clean beasts take seven and seven, the male and the female.

YLT 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;

Drby 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.

RV 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;

Wbstr 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.

KJB-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.[fn]
(Of every clean beast thou/you shalt take to thee/you by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. )

7.2 by sevens: Heb. seven seven

KJB-1611 [fn]Of euery cleane beast thou shalt take to thee by seuens, the male and his female: and of beastes that are not cleane, by two, the male and his female.
(Of every clean beast thou/you shalt take to thee/you by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts/animals that are not cleane, by two, the male and his female.)

7:2 Hebr. seuen seuen.

Bshps 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.
(Of every clean beast thou/you shalt take with thee/you seven and seven, the male and his female, but of unclean cattle two, the male and his female.)

Gnva Of euery cleane beast thou shalt take to thee by seuens, the male and his female: but of vncleane beastes by couples, the male and his female.
(Of every clean beast thou/you shalt take to thee/you by sevens, the male and his female: but of unclean beasts/animals by couples, the male and his female. )

Cvdl 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.
(Of all clean beasts/animals take unto the seven and seven, the male and his female. And of unclean beasts/animals a payre, the male and his female.)

Wycl Of alle clene lyuynge beestis thou schalt take bi seuene and bi seuene, male and female; forsothe of vnclene lyuynge beestis thou schalt take bi tweyne and bi tweyne, male and female;
(Of all clene living beasts/animals thou/you shalt take by seven and by seven, male and female; forsothe of unclean living beasts/animals thou/you shalt take by two and by tweyne, male and female;)

Luth Aus allerlei reinem Vieh nimm zu dir je sieben und sieben, das Männlein und sein Fräulein; von dem unreinen Vieh aber je ein Paar, das Männlein und sein Fräulein.
(Out_of allerlei reinem Vieh nimm to you/to_you each/ever seven and sieben, the Männlein and his Fräulein; from to_him uncleanen Vieh but each/ever a Paar, the Männlein and his Fräulein.)

ClVg Ex omnibus animantibus mundis tolle septena et septena, masculum et feminam: de animantibus vero immundis duo et duo, masculum et feminam.
(From to_all animantibus mundis tolle septena and septena, masculum and feminam: about animantibus vero immundis two and duo, masculum and feminam. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

מִ⁠כֹּ֣ל הַ⁠בְּהֵמָ֣ה הַ⁠טְּהוֹרָ֗ה

from=all the=cattle/livestock the,clean

It may be necessary to include a footnote that explains the concept of clean and unclean animals: In the Bible a clean animal was an animal that was acceptable to be sacrificed to God or to be eaten, and an “unclean animal” was one that could not be sacrificed or eaten; it does not refer to how clean the animal was physically. Later Moses wrote down the laws about clean and unclean animals in the book of Leviticus. Alternate translation: “From every kind of pure animal” or “From every kind of animal that is acceptable to sacrifice”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

תִּֽקַּח לְ⁠ךָ֛

take to/for=yourself(m)

The pronoun you is singular in the Hebrew text, but could be translated as a plural to include Noah’s family. Alternate translation: “bring with you”

שִׁבְעָ֥ה שִׁבְעָ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ וְ⁠אִשְׁתּ֑⁠וֹ

seven seven (a)_man and=his/its=woman/wife

See how you translated “male and female” in Gen 6:19.

וּ⁠מִן הַ⁠בְּהֵמָ֡ה אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹ֣א טְהֹרָ֥ה

and=from the=cattle/livestock which/who not clean

Alternate translation: “and from every kind of impure animal” or “and from every kind of animal that is not acceptable to sacrifice”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

שְׁנַ֖יִם אִ֥ישׁ וְ⁠אִשְׁתּֽ⁠וֹ

two (a)_man and=his/its=woman/wife

For some languages it may be better to change the order of the phrases in this sentence and say, “Take with you seven male and female pairs of every kind of clean/pure animal, and one male and female pair of every kind of unclean/impure animal,” Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “take a male and female pair,”

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