Genesis 1:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and birds that may fly above the earth in the open sky of heaven.

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  • Gen 2:19 : 19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air; and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: and whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.
  • Ps 104:24-25 : 24 O LORD, how manifold are Your works! in wisdom You have made them all: the earth is full of Your riches. 25 This great and wide sea, in which are creeping things 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 you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, so that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.
  • Gen 1:7 : 7 And God made the sky and separated the waters which were under the sky from the waters which were above the sky; and it was so.
  • Gen 1:14 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the sky of the heavens to separate 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 air, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food; and it was so.

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  • Gen 1:21-28
    8 verses
    88%

    21And God created great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to 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 the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

    24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its 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 according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and every thing that creeps upon the earth 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 air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

    27So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

    28And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.

  • Gen 1:5-12
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    80%

    5And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

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

    7And God made the sky and separated the waters which were under the sky from the waters which were above the sky; and it was so.

    8And God called the sky Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

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

    10And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathered waters He called Seas; and God saw that it was good.

    11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth; and it was so.

    12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

  • Gen 1:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14And God said, Let there be lights in the sky of the heavens to separate 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 sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth; and it was so.

  • Ps 8:8
    76%

    8The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

  • Deut 4:17-18
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    76%

    17The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,

    18The likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

  • Gen 2:19
    76%

    19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air; and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: and whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.

  • Ps 148:10
    75%

    10Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds;

  • Gen 8:17
    75%

    17Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, so that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth.

  • Gen 1:17-19
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    75%

    17And God set them in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth,

    18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.

    19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

  • Gen 6:20
    74%

    20Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

  • Gen 1:30
    74%

    30And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps 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 the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of an awesome crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

    23And under the firmament were their wings straight, one toward the other: each one had two, which covered on this side, and each 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, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an army: when they stood, they let down their wings.

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

  • Gen 7:14
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    14They, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on 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 formless and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved over the surface of the waters.

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

  • Gen 8:19
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    19Every beast, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

  • Lev 11:46
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    46This is the law of the animals, and of the birds, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps upon the earth:

  • Gen 9:1-2
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    72%

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

    2And the fear and dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on all that moves on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered.

  • Ps 104:25
    72%

    25This great and wide sea, in which are creeping things innumerable, both small and great beasts.

  • Gen 7:3
    72%

    3Of birds also of the air, seven pairs, the male and the female, to keep their offspring alive on 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; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

  • Acts 10:12
    71%

    12In which were all kinds of four-footed beasts of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air.

  • Ps 104:12
    70%

    12By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

  • Gen 7:8
    70%

    8Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,

  • 1 Cor 15:39
    70%

    39All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of humans, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.