Genesis 1:20-25

The Creation of the World

20 And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds 1 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 104:25 - 26
    Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.
  2. 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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