Genesis 7:3
World English Bible (WEB)
Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
In context
1 The LORD said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
2 You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.
3 Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
4 In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.”
5 Noah did everything that the LORD commanded him.
Genesis 7:3 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.