Genesis 1:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.

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  • Gen 2:19 : 19 And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name.
  • Ps 104:24-25 : 24 O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made. 25 There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered.
  • Ps 148:10 : 10 Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:
  • Gen 8:17 : 17 Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.
  • Gen 1:7 : 7 And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.
  • Gen 1:14 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:
  • Gen 1:22 : 22 And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.
  • Gen 1:30 : 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:21-28
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    21 And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.

    22 And God gave them his blessing, saying, Be fertile and have increase, making all the waters of the seas full, and let the birds be increased in the earth.

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

    24 And God said, Let the earth give birth to all sorts of living things, cattle and all things moving on the earth, and beasts of the earth after their sort: and it was so.

    25 And God made the beast of the earth after its sort, and the cattle after their sort, and everything moving on the face of the earth after its sort: and God saw that it was good.

    26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

    27 And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

    28 And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.

  • Gen 1:5-12
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    5 Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

    6 And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

    7 And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

    8 And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.

    9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.

    10 And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.

    11 And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.

    12 And grass came up on the earth, and every plant producing seed of its sort, and every tree producing fruit, in which is its seed, of its sort: and God saw that it was good.

  • Gen 1:14-15
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    14 And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

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

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    8 The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.

  • Deut 4:17-18
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    17 Or any beast of the earth, or winged bird of the air,

    18 Or of anything which goes flat on the earth, or any fish in the water under the earth.

  • 19 And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name.

  • 10 Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:

  • 17 Take out with you every living thing which is with you, birds and cattle and everything which goes on the earth, so that they may have offspring and be fertile and be increased on the earth.

  • Gen 1:17-19
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    17 And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth;

    18 To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

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

  • 20 Two of every sort of bird and cattle and of every sort of living thing which goes on the earth will you take with you to keep them from destruction.

  • 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

  • Ezek 1:22-25
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    22 And over the heads of the living beings there was the form of an arch, looking like ice, stretched out over their heads on high.

    23 Under the arch their wings were straight, one stretched out to another: every one had two wings covering their bodies on this side and two covering their bodies on that side.

    24 And when they went, the sound of their wings was like the sound of great waters to my ears, like the voice of the Ruler of all, a sound like the rushing of an army: when they came to rest they let down their wings.

    25 And there was a voice from the top of the arch which was over their heads: when they came to rest they let down their wings.

  • 14 And with them, every sort of beast and cattle, and every sort of thing which goes on the earth, and every sort of bird.

  • Gen 1:1-3
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    1 At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

    2 And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.

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

  • 19 And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.

  • 46 This is the law about beasts and birds and every living thing moving in the waters, and every living thing which goes flat on the earth:

  • Gen 9:1-2
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    1 And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.

    2 And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands.

  • 25 There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered.

  • 3 And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

  • 10 And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.

  • 12 In which were all sorts of beasts and birds.

  • 12 The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches.

  • 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts which are not clean, and of birds, and of everything which goes on the earth,

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