² You shall take ^[a]with you ^[b]seven pairs of every ^(A)clean animal, a male and his female; and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and his female; ³ also of the birds of the sky, ^[c]seven pairs, male and female, to keep their ^[d]offspring alive on the face of all the earth.

⁹ they all went into the ark to Noah ^[a]by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

¹⁶ Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the Lord closed the door behind him.