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1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
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The LORD then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
2 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.
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Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
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and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
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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 creature I have made.”
5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
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And Noah did all that the LORD commanded him.
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