Genesis 1:11-25

The Creation of the World

11 And God said, h "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants 1 yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.

14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for i signs and for j seasons, 2 and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so. 16 And God k made the two great lights - the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night - and the stars. 17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 to l rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.

20 And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds 3 fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens." 21 So m God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, n "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

24 And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds - livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so. 25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 104:14
    You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 10:2
    Thus says the Lord : "Learn not the way of the ...
    Ezekiel 32:7 - 8
    When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens a...
    Joel 2:30 - 31
    And I will show wonders in the heavens and on t...
    Joel 3:15
    The sun and the moon are darkened, and the star...
    Matthew 24:29
    Immediately after the tribulation of those days...
    Luke 21:25
    And there will be signs in sun and moon and sta...
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 104:19
    He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:19
    And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
    Psalms 136:7 - 9
    To him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:35
    Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar - the Lord of hosts is his name:
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 104:25 - 26
    Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 8:17
    Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh - birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth - that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.
    Genesis 9:1
    And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
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