Genesis 7:3

and also seven ¹  of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, ²  to preserve their offspring ³  on the face of the earth.

biblegateway Gen 7:3

and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.

biblegateway Gen 7:3

also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.

biblegateway Gen 7:3

Then select seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that every kind of living creature will survive the flood.

biblegateway Gen 7:3

and seven pairs of every kind of bird, a male and a female, to insure their survival on Earth.

SABDAweb Gen 7:3

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.

bibleoremus Gen 7:3

and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of all the earth.

biblegateway Gen 7:3

"also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.

biblegateway Gen 7:3

and also seven ¹  of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, ²  to preserve their offspring ³  on the face of the earth.

¹ tn Or “seven pairs” (cf. NRSV).

² tn Here (and in v. 9) the Hebrew text uses the normal generic terms for “male and female” (זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה, zakhar unÿqevah).

³ tn Heb “to keep alive offspring.”