Discovery BoxGenesis 7:3 
Context7:3 and also seven 1 of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, 2 to preserve their offspring 3 on the face of the earth.
Genesis 8:19-20
Context8:19 Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.
8:20 Noah built an altar to the Lord. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 4
1 tn Or “seven pairs” (cf. NRSV).
2 tn Here (and in v. 9) the Hebrew text uses the normal generic terms for “male and female” (זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה, zakhar unÿqevah).
3 tn Heb “to keep alive offspring.”
4 sn Offered burnt offerings on the altar. F. D. Maurice includes a chapter on the sacrifice of Noah in The Doctrine of Sacrifice. The whole burnt offering, according to Leviticus 1, represented the worshiper’s complete surrender and dedication to the
