Genesis 7:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 7:3 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 7:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.”

Genesis 7:3 — World English Bible

Genesis 7:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. ”

Genesis 7:3 — American Standard Version

Genesis 7:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“also, of fowl of the heavens seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep alive seed on the face of all the earth;”

Genesis 7:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 7:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Also of the fowl of the heavens by sevens, male and female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth. ”

Genesis 7:3 — Darby Translation

Genesis 7:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Of the foules also of the heauen by seuens, male and female, to keepe seede aliue vpon the whole earth.”

Genesis 7:3 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 7:3 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“Also from the birds of the heavens, seven by seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.”

Genesis 7:3 — The Living Sword

Genesis 7:3 in Context — Genesis 7

1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

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.

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.

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.

5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.

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What Does Genesis 7:3 Mean?

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