and also seven ¹  of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, ²  to preserve their offspring ³  on the face of the earth.

biblegateway Gen 7:3

also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.

and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky--in order to keep offspring alive on the face of the whole earth.

Also, take seven pairs of every kind of bird (a male and a female of each) to preserve animal life all over the earth after the flood.

biblegateway Gen 7:3

and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.

and seven pairs of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.

bibleoremus Gen 7:3

and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of all the earth.

also seven pairs, males and females, of every bird -- to ensure that life continues on earth.

biblegateway Gen 7:3

"also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face 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.

biblegateway Gen 7:3

and also seven ¹  of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, ²  to preserve their offspring ³  on the face of the earth.

¹ tn Or “seven pairs” (cf. NRSV).

² tn Here (and in v. 9) the Hebrew text uses the normal generic terms for “male and female” (זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה, zakhar unÿqevah).

³ tn Heb “to keep alive offspring.”