NET Bible
"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."
— Genesis 7:3, NET Bible
“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.”
“Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.”
The LORD said to Noah,“Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.
You must take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, the male and its mate, two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,
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.
For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.”
And Noah did all that the LORD commanded him.
Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters engulfed the earth.