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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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;
Surrounding context — Genesis 7
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.
6 And Noah [was] six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
גַּ֣םH1571 · gamalsoמֵע֧וֹףH5775 · ophbirdהַשָּׁמַ֛יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenשִׁבְעָ֥הH7651 · she.vasevenשִׁבְעָ֖הH7651 · she.vasevenזָכָ֣רH2145 · za.kharmaleוּנְקֵבָ֑הH5347 · ne.qe.vahfemaleלְחַיּ֥וֹתH2421 · cha.yahto liveזֶ֖רַעH2233 · ze.raseedעַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeכָל־H3605 · kolallהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
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