Genesis 7:3

7:3 and also seven5 of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female,6 to preserve their offspring7 on the face of the earth.

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5	tn Or “seven pairs” (cf. NRSV).
6	tn Here (and in v. 9) the Hebrew text uses the normal generic terms for “male and female” (זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה, zakhar unéqevah).
7	tn Heb “to keep alive offspring.”