MANNAFEST

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

KJV

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4 additional translations
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.

WEB

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.

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;

DBT

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

About this book

Old Testament

GenesisThe book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author
Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date
Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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