³Also take seven of every kind of bird. Take male and female of them. That will keep every kind alive. Then they can spread out again over the whole earth.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and also seven pairs of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky—in order to keep offspring alive throughout the earth.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

as well as from the birds of heaven seven pairs, male and female, to keep their kind alive on the face of all the earth.

KJV 1900King 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.

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