Genesis 7:8

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground”

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BSBPD

“The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“of the clean beasts and of the beasts that <FI>are<Fi> not clean, and of the fowl, and of every thing that is creeping upon the ground,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 7:8 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 6:19And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
  2. Genesis 6:20Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
  3. Genesis 7:2You 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;
  4. Genesis 7:14they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
  5. Acts 10:12It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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