Genesis 7:3

Also of the birds of the sky, bring seven males and seven females, to preserve their offspring upon the surface of all the earth.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Of every clean animal you will bring with you seven males and seven females. From the animals that are not clean, of them bring two, the male and his mate.

4For in seven days I will cause it to rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy from off the surface of the ground every living thing that I have made.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:11Since they must be detested, you must not eat of their meat; also, their carcasses must be detested.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:2-5

Noah Invited into the Ark. ( b. c. 2349.) 1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 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. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and… Read the whole commentary →

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