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. "
— Genesis 7:3, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
“of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. ”
“Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.”
“and also seven pairs of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of the entire earth.”
“But of the beasts that are unclean two and two, the male and the 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.”
“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.”
“Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.”
And the Lord said to him: “Enter the ark, you and all your house. For I have seen you to be just in my sight, within this generation.
From all the clean animals, take seven and seven, the male and the female. Yet truly, from animals that are unclean, take two and two, the male and the female.
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.
For from that point, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. And I will wipe away every substance that I have made, from the surface of the earth.”
Therefore, Noah did all things just as the Lord had commanded him.
And he was six hundred years old when the waters of the great flood inundated the earth.