1. And the Lord said to him: "Enter the ark, you and all your house. For I have seen you to be just in my sight, within this generation.
2. From all the clean animals, take seven and seven, the male and the female. Yet truly, from animals that are unclean, take two and two, the male and the female.
3. But also from the birds of the air, take seven and seven, the male and the female, so that offspring may be saved upon the face of the whole earth.