3 and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky — in order to keep offspring alive on the face of the whole earth.
4 Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe off from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
5 And Noah did everything that the Lord commanded him.
6 Noah was 600 years old when the flood came and water covered the earth.
7 So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives entered the ark because of the waters of the flood.
8 From the clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and every creature that crawls on the ground,
9 two of each, male and female, entered the ark with Noah, just as God had commanded him.