1. And Jehovah 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 seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female:
3. of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.