Genesis 1:24

And God said—Let the land, bring forth, living soul, after its kind, tame-beast and creeping thing and wild-beast, of the land, after its kind. And it was so.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

23So it was evening—and it was morning, a fifth day.

25And God made the wild-beast of the land after its kind, and the tame-beast after its kind, and every creeping thing of the ground, after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:14they, and all the wild-beasts after their kind and all the tame-beasts after their kind, and all the creeping things that creep on the earth after their kind,—and all the birds after their kind, every bird of every wing.

Job 38:39Wilt thou hunt—for the Lioness—prey? Or, the craving of the Strong Lion, wilt thou satisfy;

Job 39:5Who hath sent forth the Wild Ass free? And, the bands of the swift-runner, who hath loosed?

Job 39:19Couldst thou give—to the Horse—strength? Couldst thou clothe his neck with the quivering mane?

Psalms 50:9I will not take out of thy house—a bullock, Nor out of thy folds—he-goats;

Psalms 104:23Man goeth forth to his work, And to his labour, until 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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