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There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />also of the birds of the sky, seven pairs, male and female, to keep <i>their</i> offspring alive on the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep <i>their</i> seed alive on the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky—in order to keep offspring alive throughout the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird with you. Do this so there will always be animals and birds on the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />of the fowl also of the air, seven and seven, male and female: to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and also seven of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Also of the clean flying creatures of the sky, seven pairs, a male and a female, and of all the unclean flying creatures, one pair, a male and a female, to preserve their offspring on the surface of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Of fowls of the air also by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />also, seven pairs from [each] bird of the heavens, a male and a female, to keep alive seed on the face of all the earth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> also, of fowl of the heavens seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep alive seed on the face of all the earth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Also of birds of the heavens, seven: seven male and female, to preserve alive seed upon the face of all the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But of the beasts that are unclean two and two, the male and 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But also from the birds of the air, take seven and seven, the male and the female, so that offspring may be saved upon the face of the whole earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />likewise, of every bird of the air, seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep their progeny alive over all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Likewise, of the fowls of the air that are clean seven pairs, both males and the females; to keep their posterity alive upon the face of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also from a bird of Heaven, seven by seven, male and female, to save seed on the face of all the Earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />of the fowl also of the air, seven and seven, male and female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And of clean flying creatures of the sky sevens, male and female, and of all unclean flying creatures pairs, male and female, to maintain seed on all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/7-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1468" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/7.htm">Entering the Ark</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate; <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘āh (Number-ms) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">seven pairs</a> <a href="/hebrew/5775.htm" title="5775: mê·‘ō·wp̄ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Flying creatures. From uwph; a bird, often collectively.">of every kind of bird</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">of the air,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘āh (Number-ms) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2145.htm" title="2145: zā·ḵār (N-ms) -- Male. From zakar; properly, remembered, i.e. A male.">male</a> <a href="/hebrew/5347.htm" title="5347: ū·nə·qê·ḇāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- A female. From naqab; female.">and female,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: lə·ḥay·yō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">to preserve</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: ze·ra‘ (N-ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">their offspring</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">the face</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">of all</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-19.htm">Genesis 6:19-20</a></span><br />And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you. / Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-17.htm">Genesis 8:17</a></span><br />Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-22.htm">Genesis 1:22</a></span><br />Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a></span><br />God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">Genesis 9:1</a></span><br />And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-7.htm">Genesis 9:7</a></span><br />But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a></span><br />Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Hebrews 11:7</a></span><br />By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-19.htm">Genesis 2:19-20</a></span><br />And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. / The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-8.htm">Genesis 7:8-9</a></span><br />The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground / came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-15.htm">Genesis 7:15-16</a></span><br />They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life. / And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1</a></span><br />But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Air</a> <a href="/genesis/6-20.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/genesis/6-20.htm">Bird</a> <a href="/genesis/6-20.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/genesis/6-20.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Face</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Female</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Females</a> <a href="/genesis/6-20.htm">Fowl</a> <a href="/genesis/6-20.htm">Fowls</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/genesis/6-20.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Male</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Males</a> <a href="/genesis/4-25.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Pairs</a> <a href="/genesis/4-25.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Sevens</a> <a href="/genesis/6-17.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-9.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/genesis/1-11.htm">Various</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/9-2.htm">Air</a> <a href="/genesis/7-23.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Bird</a> <a href="/genesis/7-8.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Face</a> <a href="/genesis/7-9.htm">Female</a> <a href="/genesis/20-18.htm">Females</a> <a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Fowl</a> <a href="/genesis/7-8.htm">Fowls</a> <a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/genesis/7-14.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/genesis/7-9.htm">Male</a> <a href="/genesis/32-14.htm">Males</a> <a href="/genesis/9-7.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/genesis/7-8.htm">Pairs</a> <a href="/genesis/8-22.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/genesis/7-2.htm">Sevens</a> <a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/genesis/36-30.htm">Various</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-1.htm">Noah, his family and the living creatures enter the ark.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-6.htm">The flood begins.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-17.htm">The increase of the flood for forty days.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">All flesh is destroyed by it.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/7-24.htm">Its duration of 150 days.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air</b><br>The instruction to take seven pairs of birds highlights the importance of preserving avian species, which play a crucial role in the ecosystem. Birds are often seen as symbols of freedom and divine care in Scripture, as seen in <a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Matthew 6:26</a>, where Jesus speaks of God's provision for them. The number seven is significant in the Bible, often representing completeness or perfection, as seen in the creation week in <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a>. This command ensures the survival and continuation of bird species after the flood, emphasizing God's concern for all creation.<p><b>male and female</b><br>The specification of male and female pairs underscores the necessity of both genders for reproduction and the continuation of species. This mirrors the creation account in <a href="/genesis/1-27.htm">Genesis 1:27</a>, where God creates humans male and female. The pairing also reflects the biblical principle of complementarity, seen throughout Scripture, where male and female roles are distinct yet interdependent. This principle is foundational for understanding biblical teachings on marriage and family.<p><b>to preserve their offspring</b><br>The purpose of preserving offspring indicates God's intention for life to continue and flourish after the flood. This aligns with God's command to "be fruitful and multiply" given to Adam and Eve in <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a> and later to Noah in <a href="/genesis/9.htm">Genesis 9:1</a>. It highlights God's sovereignty and His plan for the renewal of creation. The preservation of offspring also points to the theme of redemption and new beginnings, which is a recurring motif in the Bible.<p><b>on the face of all the earth</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the global scope of the flood and the subsequent repopulation of the earth. It reflects the universality of God's covenant with Noah, which extends to all living creatures, as seen in <a href="/genesis/9-9.htm">Genesis 9:9-10</a>. The phrase also foreshadows the Great Commission in <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a>, where Jesus commands His disciples to make disciples of all nations, indicating God's desire for His creation to spread and fill the earth with His glory.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>A righteous man chosen by God to build the ark and preserve life during the flood.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ark.htm">The Ark</a></b><br>A large vessel constructed by Noah under God's instructions to save his family and pairs of all living creatures from the flood.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flood.htm">The Flood</a></b><br>A divine judgment sent by God to cleanse the earth of its widespread wickedness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/birds_of_the_air.htm">Birds of the Air</a></b><br>Specific creatures mentioned in this verse, representing the diversity of life God intended to preserve.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Creator who orchestrates the events of the flood and the preservation of life.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_care.htm">God's Sovereignty and Care</a></b><br>God’s detailed instructions to Noah reflect His sovereign plan and care for all creation. He values every creature and ensures their survival.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_divine_instructions.htm">Obedience to Divine Instructions</a></b><br>Noah’s compliance with God’s commands, including the gathering of birds, exemplifies faithful obedience. Believers are called to trust and follow God’s guidance, even when it requires meticulous attention to detail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preservation_of_life.htm">Preservation of Life</a></b><br>The preservation of birds and other creatures signifies God’s commitment to life and His desire for its continuation. Christians are encouraged to value and protect life in all its forms.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Noah’s actions demonstrate faith in action. Believers are reminded that faith often requires tangible steps of obedience and preparation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_promise.htm">God’s Provision and Promise</a></b><br>The provision for the survival of species points to God’s promise of restoration and continuity. This assurance can comfort believers facing trials, knowing God has a plan for preservation and renewal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_fountain_of_life.htm">What was the total number of animals on Noah's Ark?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_many_animals_were_on_the_ark.htm">What was the total number of animals on Noah's Ark?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_it_possible_for_you_to_rewrite_this.htm">What was the total number on Noah's ark?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/total_count_on_noah's_ark.htm">What was the total number on Noah's ark?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female</span>. <span class="accented">I.e.</span> of clean fowls, "which he leaves to be understood out of the foregoing verse" (Peele). The Samaritan, Syriac, and LXX. (not so Vulgate, Onkelos, Arabic) insert the word "clean unnecessarily, and also add," <span class="greek">καὶ</span> <span class="greek">ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν πετεινῶν τῶνν μὴ καθαρῶν</span> <span class="greek">δύο δύο ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ</span>," manifestly to make the verse resemble the preceding. <span class="cmt_word">To keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/7-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">and also</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(gam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of [every kind of] bird</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵע֧וֹף</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ō·wp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5775.htm">Strong's 5775: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flying creatures</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the air,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">male</span><br /><span class="heb">זָכָ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ḵār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2145.htm">Strong's 2145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remembered, a male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and female,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּנְקֵבָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·nə·qê·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5347.htm">Strong's 5347: </a> </span><span class="str2">A female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in order to preserve</span><br /><span class="heb">לְחַיּ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḥay·yō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> </span><span class="str2">To live, to revive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their offspring</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶ֖רַע</span> <span class="translit">(ze·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the face</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the earth.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/7-3.htm">Genesis 7:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/7-3.htm">Genesis 7:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/7-3.htm">Genesis 7:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/7-3.htm">Genesis 7:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/7-3.htm">Genesis 7:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/7-3.htm">Genesis 7:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/7-3.htm">Genesis 7:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/7-3.htm">Genesis 7:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/7-3.htm">Genesis 7:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/7-3.htm">Genesis 7:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/7-3.htm">OT Law: Genesis 7:3 Also of the birds of the sky (Gen. 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