Genesis 1:20

American Standard Version (1901)

And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:19 : 19 And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
  • Ps 104:24-25 : 24 O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches. 25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
  • Ps 148:10 : 10 Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and flying birds;
  • Gen 8:17 : 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
  • Gen 1:7 : 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
  • Gen 1:14 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
  • Gen 1:22 : 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.
  • Gen 1:30 : 30 and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have given] every green herb for food: and it was so.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:21-28
    8 verses
    88%

    21And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

    22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

    23And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

    24And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.

    25And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

    26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

    27And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

    28And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

  • Gen 1:5-12
    8 verses
    80%

    5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

    6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

    7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

    8And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

    9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

    10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

    11And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, [and] fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.

    12And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.

  • Gen 1:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:

    15and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

  • Ps 8:8
    76%

    8The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

  • Deut 4:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens,

    18the likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

  • Gen 2:19
    76%

    19And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

  • Ps 148:10
    75%

    10Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and flying birds;

  • Gen 8:17
    75%

    17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

  • Gen 1:17-19
    3 verses
    75%

    17And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

    18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

    19And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

  • Gen 6:20
    74%

    20Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

  • Gen 1:30
    74%

    30and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have given] every green herb for food: and it was so.

  • Ezek 1:22-25
    4 verses
    73%

    22And over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, like the terrible crystal to look upon, stretched forth over their heads above.

    23And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

    24And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

    25And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

  • Gen 7:14
    73%

    14they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

  • Gen 1:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

    2And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

    3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

  • Gen 8:19
    73%

    19every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.

  • Lev 11:46
    73%

    46This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth;

  • Gen 9:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

    2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.

  • Ps 104:25
    72%

    25Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.

  • Gen 7:3
    72%

    3of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

  • Gen 9:10
    72%

    10and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.

  • Acts 10:12
    71%

    12wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.

  • Ps 104:12
    70%

    12By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.

  • Gen 7:8
    70%

    8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground,

  • 1 Cor 15:39
    70%

    39All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one [flesh] of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.