Genesis 7:2-4

Revised Geneva Translation

² “You shall take seven pairs of every clean beast (the male and his female), but of unclean beasts by couples (the male and his female).

³ “Also, take the birds of the heaven by sevens (male and female), to keep seed alive upon the whole Earth.

⁴ “For in seven days I will cause it to rain upon the Earth for forty days and forty nights. And I will destroy all the substance that I have made from off the Earth.”