Genesis 2:19
So Yahweh God took some soil and made animals and birds out of it. He brought the animals and birds to the man so that he could name them all.
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In The King James Version
In Context
20So the man named the animals and the birds, but none of them was a good helper for him.
Cross References
Genesis 1:20Then God spoke again. “Let many different kinds of fish fill the sea, and let birds fly in the sky.”
Genesis 1:25So he made the different animals and snakes, big ones and little ones. Then God looked and saw that they were all good.
Genesis 2:22He made a woman out of the rib and he brought her to him.
Genesis 9:2All the animals, birds and fish will be afraid of you. And you will rule over them.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 2:19-21
Adam's Dominion. ( b. c. 4004.) 18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. 19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet… Read the whole commentary →