also of the birds of the sky, [a]seven pairs, male and female, to keep their [b]offspring alive on the face of all the earth. For after (A)seven more days, I will send rain on the earth for (B)forty days and forty nights; and I will wipe out from the face of the land (C)every living thing that I have made.” So (D)Noah acted in accordance with everything that the Lord had commanded him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 7:3 Lit seven seven
  2. Genesis 7:3 Lit seed

and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive(A) throughout the earth. Seven days from now I will send rain(B) on the earth(C) for forty days(D) and forty nights,(E) and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.(F)

And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.(G)

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