Genesis 7:3

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.

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.”