You are to take with you seven pairs, a male and its female, of all the clean animals,(A) and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and its female, 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. Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe off from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

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Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

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You shall take with you seven each of every (A)clean animal, a male and his female; (B)two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep [a]the species alive on the face of all the earth. For after (C)seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth (D)forty days and forty nights, and I will [b]destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 7:3 Lit. seed
  2. Genesis 7:4 Lit. blot out