Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.
Genesis 7:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Also of the birds of the air seven pairs, the male and the female, to keep seed [their kind] alive over all the earth or land. American Standard Version (1901) of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. Common English Bible and from the birds in the sky as well, take seven pairs, male and female, so that their offspring will survive throughout the earth. Catholic Public Domain Version But also from the birds of the air, take seven and seven, the male and the female, so that offspring may be saved upon the face of the whole earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But of the beasts that are unclean two and two, the male and female. Of the fowls also of the air seven and seven, the male and the female: that seed may be saved upon the face of the whole earth. |
Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.
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.
In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground.*
Clean animals, animals that are not clean, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground
Noach built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
and you detest them. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.