Genesis 1:20

Then God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth in the open dome of the sky.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19There was an evening and a morning, making the fourth day.

21God created the great sea monsters, all kinds of living, moving creatures with which the waters teem, and all kinds of winged birds. God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:14Then God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the night from the day. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, the days, and the years.

Genesis 1:30and to every wild beast and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that crawls on the earth – everything with the breath of life in it, I give every green plant for food.” It was so.

Genesis 8:17Bring out every living creature, every bird, cattle, and creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they can spread over the earth, and be fruitful and multiply.”

Psalms 104:25And there is the great broad sea, where are countless things in motion, living creatures, both great and small.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:15-20

The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,… Read the whole commentary →

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