Genesis 2:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Gen 1:20-26 : 20 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. 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.
  • Gen 1:28 : 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 2:22-23 : 22 And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man. 23 And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.
  • Gen 6:20 : 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.
  • Gen 9:2 : 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.
  • Ps 8:4-8 : 4 What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account? 5 For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour. 6 You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet; 7 All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field; 8 The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.

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  • Gen 2:20-23
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    20 And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.

    21 And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:

    22 And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.

    23 And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.

  • Gen 1:20-31
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    80%

    20 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.

    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.

    29 And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

    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.

    31 And God saw everything which he had made and it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

  • Gen 2:18
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    18 And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

  • Gen 5:1-2
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    1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;

    2 Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.

  • Gen 2:4-9
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    4 These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.

    5 In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.

    6 But a mist went up from the earth, watering all the face of the land.

    7 And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

    8 And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.

    9 And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

  • Gen 2:15
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    15 And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

  • Gen 3:20-22
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    20 And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.

    21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins for their clothing.

    22 And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

  • Gen 9:2
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    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.

  • Gen 9:10
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    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.

  • Gen 6:19-20
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    19 And you will take with you into the ark two of every sort of living thing, and keep them safe with you; they will be male and female.

    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.

  • Gen 1:9-12
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    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 8:19
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    19 And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.

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

  • Ps 148:10
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    10 Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:

  • Gen 7:14
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    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 8:17
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    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.

  • Ps 8:7
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    7 All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;

  • Gen 3:9
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    9 And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?

  • Lev 11:46
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    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 7:21
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    21 And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.

  • Gen 7:8
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    8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts which are not clean, and of birds, and of everything which goes on the earth,