Genesis 7:1-2

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The Flood Begins

7 Then the Lord said to Noah, “I have seen that you ·are the best person [alone are righteous] among ·the people of this time [^Lthis generation], so you and your ·family [household] can go into the ·boat [ark]. ² Take with you seven pairs, each male with its female, of every kind of clean [^Cin a ritual sense; Lev. 11] animal, and take one pair, each male with its female, of every kind of unclean animal.