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Genesis 1:20

God said, “Let the waters be filled with great numbers of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the expanse 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

19This was evening and morning, the fourth day.

21God created the great sea creatures, as well as every living creature after its kind, creatures that move and which fill the waters everywhere, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:14God said, “Let there be lights in the sky to divide the day from the night and let them be as signs, for seasons, for days and years.

Genesis 1:30To every beast of the earth, to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, and to every creature that has the breath of life I have given every green plant for food.” It was so.

Genesis 8:17Take out with you every living creature of all flesh that is with you—the birds, the animals, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth—so that they may grow unto very large numbers of living creatures throughout the earth, be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.”

Job 12:9Which animal among all these does not know 1 that the hand of Yahweh has done this? 1

Psalms 104:25Over there is the sea, deep and wide, 1 teeming with innumerable creatures, 1 both small and great. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:21For there might be someone who works with wisdom, with knowledge, and skill, but he will leave everything he has to a man who has not made any of it. This also is vapor and a great tragedy.

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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