Genesis 1:24

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לְמִינָהּ בְּהֵמָה וָרֶמֶשׂ וְחַֽיְתוֹ ־ אֶרֶץ לְמִינָהּ וַֽיְהִי ־ כֵֽן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

23וַֽיְהִי ־ עֶרֶב וַֽיְהִי ־ בֹקֶר יוֹם חֲמִישִֽׁי ׃ פ

25וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת ־ חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ לְמִינָהּ וְאֶת ־ הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ וְאֵת כָּל ־ רֶמֶשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָה לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי ־ טֽוֹב ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 7:14הֵמָּה וְכָל ־ הַֽחַיָּה לְמִינָהּ וְכָל ־ הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ וְכָל ־ הָרֶמֶשׂ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ לְמִינֵהוּ וְכָל ־ הָעוֹף לְמִינֵהוּ כֹּל צִפּוֹר כָּל ־ כָּנָֽף ׃

Job 38:39הֲתָצוּד לְלָבִיא טָרֶף וְחַיַּת כְּפִירִים תְּמַלֵּֽא ׃

Job 39:5מִֽי ־ שִׁלַּח פֶּרֶא חָפְשִׁי וּמֹסְרוֹת עָרוֹד מִי פִתֵּֽחַ ׃

Job 39:19הֲתִתֵּן לַסּוּס גְּבוּרָה הֲתַלְבִּישׁ צַוָּארוֹ רַעְמָֽה ׃

Psalms 50:9לֹא ־ אֶקַּח מִבֵּיתְךָ פָר מִמִּכְלְאֹתֶיךָ עַתּוּדִֽים ׃

Psalms 104:23יֵצֵא אָדָם לְפָעֳלוֹ וְֽלַעֲבֹדָתוֹ עֲדֵי ־ עָֽרֶב ׃

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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