Genesis 7:1-4

1The Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ship with your whole family because I have seen that you alone are righteous among the people of today.

2Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal (a male and a female of each) and one pair of every kind of unclean  animal (a male and a female).

3Also, take seven pairs of every kind of bird (a male and a female of each) to preserve animal life all over the earth after the flood.

4In seven days I will send rain to the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. I will wipe off the face of the earth every living creature that I have made.”