Genesis 7:3
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
In other versions
of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
ASV
And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.
BBE
Also of the fowl of the heavens by sevens, male and female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.
DBY
Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
WEB
also, of fowl of the heavens seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep alive seed on the face of all the earth;
YLT
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
ENG
Of fowls of the air also by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.
WBT
and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.
BSB
In context
1And 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.
2Of 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.
3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
4For 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.
5And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
