Genesis 7:3
King James Version (KJV)
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 context
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.
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.
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.
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.
5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
Genesis 7:3 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
- WEB World English Bible
- Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- also, of fowl of the heavens seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep alive seed on the face of all the earth;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Also of the fowl of the heavens by sevens, male and female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Of fowls of the air also by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.