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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.
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Seven days from now I will make it rain on the earth 40 days and 40 nights, and I will wipe off the face of the earth every living thing I have made."
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And Noah did everything that the Lord commanded him.
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Noah was 600 years old when the deluge came [and] water covered the earth.
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So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives entered the ark because of the waters of the deluge.