Genesis 1:24

And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth, according to their kinds. And it was so done.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

In Context

23And the evening and morning were the fifth day.

25And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and cattle, and every thing that creepeth on the earth after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:14They and every beast according to its kind, and all the cattle in their kind, and every thing that moveth upon the earth according to its kind, and every fowl according to its kind, and every fowl according to its kind, all birds, and all that fly.

Job 38:39Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps,

Job 39:5Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds?

Job 39:19Wilt thou give strength to the horse, or clothe his neck with neighing?

Psalms 50:9I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.

Psalms 104:23Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:21-24

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the… Read the whole commentary →

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