7 And the Lord said to Noah, Come with all your household into the ark, for I have seen you to be righteous (upright and in right standing) before Me in this generation.^(A)

² Of every clean beast you shall receive and take with you seven pairs, the male and his mate, and of beasts that are not clean a pair of each kind, the male and his mate,^(B)

³ Also of the birds of the air seven pairs, the male and the female, to keep seed [their kind] alive over all the earth or land.