Genesis 7:3
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 7:3 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth. |
| ASV | of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. |
| YLT | also, of fowl of the heavens seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep alive seed on the face of all the earth; |
| DARBY | Also of the fowl of the heavens by sevens, male and female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | Of fowls of the air also by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth. |
What does Genesis 7:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 7:2-3
2-3. Of every clean beast ... fowls--Pairs of every species of animals, except the tenants of the deep, were to be taken for the preservation of their respective kinds. This was the general rule of admission, only with regard to those animals which are styled "clean," three pairs were to be taken, whether of beasts or birds; and the reason was that their rapid multiplication was a matter of the highest importance…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 7:1-12
The call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come in-doors when he sees night or a storm coming. Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him, though he knew it was to be his place of refuge. It is very comfortable to see God going before us in every step we take. Noah had taken a great deal of pains to build the ark, and now he was himself kept alive in it. What we do in…
Genesis 7:3 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 7:2
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
- Genesis 7:3
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
- Genesis 7:4
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Genesis 7:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | También de las aves de los cielos de siete en siete, macho y hembra; para guardar en vida la casta sobre la faz de toda la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | de même des oiseaux des cieux, sept par sept, mâle et femelle, pour conserver en vie une semence sur la face de toute la terre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | auch von dem Gevögel des Himmels sieben und sieben, ein Männliches und ein Weibliches: um Samen am Leben zu erhalten auf der Fläche der ganzen Erde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sed et de volatilibus cæli septena et septena, masculum et feminam: ut salvetur semen super faciem universæ terræ. |