Genesis 1:20

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God said,“Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:19 : 19 The LORD God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
  • Ps 104:24-25 : 24 How many living things you have made, O LORD! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made. 25 Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.
  • Ps 148:10 : 10 you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds,
  • Gen 8:17 : 17 Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!”
  • Gen 1:7 : 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.
  • Gen 1:14 : 14 God said,“Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,
  • Gen 1:22 : 22 God blessed them and said,“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
  • Gen 1:30 : 30 And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground– everything that has the breath of life in it– I give every green plant for food.” It was so.

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  • Gen 1:21-28
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    21God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.

    22God blessed them and said,“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

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

    24God said,“Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” It was so.

    25God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

    26Then God said,“Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”

    27God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

    28God blessed them and said to them,“Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”

  • Gen 1:5-12
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    5God called the light“day” and the darkness“night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

    6God said,“Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.”

    7So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.

    8God called the expanse“sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

    9God said,“Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.

    10God called the dry ground“land” and the gathered waters he called“seas.” God saw that it was good.

    11God said,“Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds and trees on the land bearing fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds.” It was so.

    12The land produced vegetation– plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

  • Gen 1:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14God said,“Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,

    15and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.

  • Ps 8:8
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    8the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas.

  • Deut 4:17-18
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    17any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky,

    18anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth.

  • Gen 2:19
    76%

    19The LORD God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

  • Ps 148:10
    75%

    10you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds,

  • Gen 8:17
    75%

    17Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!”

  • Gen 1:17-19
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    75%

    17God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,

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

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

  • Gen 6:20
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    20Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you so you can keep them alive.

  • Gen 1:30
    74%

    30And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground– everything that has the breath of life in it– I give every green plant for food.” It was so.

  • Ezek 1:22-25
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    22Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads.

    23Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.

    24When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings– it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Sovereign One, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

    25Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still.

  • Gen 7:14
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    14They entered, along with every living creature after its kind, every animal after its kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, everything with wings.

  • Gen 1:1-3
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    1¶ The Creation of the World In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

    2Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

    3God said,“Let there be light.” And there was light!

  • Gen 8:19
    73%

    19Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.

  • Lev 11:46
    73%

    46This is the law of the land animals, the birds, all the living creatures that move in the water, and all the creatures that swarm on the land,

  • Gen 9:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1God’s Covenant with Humankind through Noah Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them,“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

    2Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority.

  • Ps 104:25
    72%

    25Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.

  • Gen 7:3
    72%

    3and also seven pairs of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of the entire earth.

  • Gen 9:10
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    10and with every living creature that is with you, including the birds, the domestic animals, and every living creature of the earth with you, all those that came out of the ark with you– every living creature of the earth.

  • Acts 10:12
    71%

    12In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.

  • Ps 104:12
    70%

    12The birds of the sky live beside them; they chirp among the bushes.

  • Gen 7:8
    70%

    8Pairs of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,

  • 1 Cor 15:39
    70%

    39All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another.