Scripture · Old Testament
Genesis 7:3
Genesis 7:3 is verse 3 of Genesis chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
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.
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.
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Genesis 7:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
2 You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
3 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.
4 For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
5 And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
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