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Genesis 7:3
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KJ21
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
ASV
of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
AMP
also of the birds of the air, seven pair, the male and the female, to keep the offspring alive on the surface of the earth.
AMPC
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.
BRG
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
CSB
and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky—in order to keep offspring alive throughout the earth.
CSBA
and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky – in order to keep offspring alive throughout the earth.
CEB
and from the birds in the sky as well, take seven pairs, male and female, so that their offspring will survive throughout the earth.
CJB
also of the birds in the air take seven couples — in order to preserve their species throughout the earth.
CEV
Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird with you. Do this so there will always be animals and birds on the earth.
DARBY
Also of the fowl of the heavens by sevens, male and female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.
DRA
But of the beasts that are unclean two and two, the male and the female. Of the fowls also of the air seven and seven, the male and the female: that seed may be saved upon the face of the whole earth.
ERV
Get seven pairs (seven males and seven females) of all the birds. This will allow all these animals to continue living on the earth after the other animals are destroyed.
EASY
Take seven of every kind of bird. Take males and females. Do this so that they will give birth to young ones. Then each different kind of animal and bird will continue to live on the earth.
EHV
Also from the ⎣clean⎦ birds of the sky take seven and seven, male and female, ⎣and of all the unclean birds, one pair, a male and a female⎦ to keep their offspring alive on the face of the whole earth.
ESV
and seven pairs of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
ESVUK
and seven pairs of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
EXB
Take seven pairs of all the birds of the ·sky [heavens], each male with its female. This will allow all these animals to continue living on the earth after the flood.
GNV
Of the fowls also of the heaven by sevens, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the whole earth.
GW
Also, take seven pairs of every kind of bird (a male and a female of each) to preserve animal life all over the earth after the flood.
GNT
Take also seven pairs of each kind of bird. Do this so that every kind of animal and bird will be kept alive to reproduce again on the earth.
HCSB
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.
ICB
Take seven pairs of all the birds of the sky, each male with its female. This will allow all these animals to continue living on the earth after the flood.
ISV
along with seven pairs of the flying birds, male and female, in order to keep their offspring alive on the surface of all the earth.
JUB
Of fowls also of the heavens by seven pairs, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
KJV
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
AKJV
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
LSB
also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep their seed alive on the face of all the earth.
LEB
as well as from the birds of heaven seven pairs, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of the earth.
TLB
and seven pairs of every kind of bird. Thus there will be every kind of life reproducing again after the flood has ended.
MSG
“Take on board with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and a female; one pair of every unclean animal, a male and a female; and seven pairs of every kind of bird, a male and a female, to insure their survival on Earth. In just seven days I will pour rain on Earth for forty days and forty nights. I’ll make a clean sweep of everything that I’ve made.”
MEV
and seven each of birds of the air, the male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
NOG
Also, take seven pairs of every kind of bird (a male and a female of each) to preserve animal life all over the earth after the flood.
NABRE
likewise, of every bird of the air, seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep their progeny alive over all the earth.
NASB
also of the birds of the sky, seven pairs, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
NASB1995
also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
NCB
You are also to take seven pairs of birds of the air, male and female, with you, so that you may save every species of animal upon the earth.
NCV
Take seven pairs of all the birds of the sky, each male with its female. This will allow all these animals to continue living on the earth after the flood.
NET
and also seven pairs of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of the entire earth.
NIRV
Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. Take a male and a female of each kind. Then every kind will be kept alive. They can spread out again over the whole earth.
NIV
and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
NIVUK
and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.
NKJV
also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.
NLV
And take with you seven of every kind of bird of the sky of each sex, to keep their kind alive over all the earth.
NLT
Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.
NRSVA
and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of all the earth.
NRSVACE
and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of all the earth.
NRSVCE
and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of all the earth.
NRSVUE
and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of all the earth.
OJB
Of also Oph HaShomayim by sevens, the zachar and the nekevah; to keep zera alive upon the face of kol ha’aretz.
RGT
“Also, take the birds of the heaven by sevens (male and female), to keep seed alive upon the whole Earth.
RSV
and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive upon the face of all the earth.
RSVCE
and seven pairs of the birds of the air also, male and female, to keep their kind alive upon the face of all the earth.
TLV
also of the flying creatures of the sky seven of every kind, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of the whole land.
VOICE
And take seven pairs of the birds of the sky, too, also male and female, so that we can keep each kind alive on the earth.
WEB
Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.
WYC
and also of [the] volatiles of (the) heaven(s), thou shalt take, by seven and by seven, male and female, that their seed be saved on the face of all (the) earth. (and also of the birds of the air, thou shalt take seven pairs, male and female, so that their descendants will continue to live on the face of the earth.)
YLT
also, of fowl of the heavens seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep alive seed on the face of all the earth;
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