¹⁹ And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female. ²⁰ Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive. ²¹ Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.” ^22 (A)Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.

7 Then the Lord said to Noah, ^(B)“Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that ^(C)you are righteous before me in this generation. ² Take with you seven pairs of all ^(D)clean animals,^[a] the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate,