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.

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

also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.

Then select seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that every kind of living creature will survive the flood.

and seven pairs of every kind of bird, a male and a female, to insure their survival on Earth.

And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

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.

"also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.

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.”