Genesis 1:21
God 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.
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- Ps 104:24-26 : 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. 26 The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it.
- Gen 1:25 : 25 God 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.
- Gen 1:31 : 31 God saw all that he had made– and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
- Gen 6:20 : 20 Of 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 7:14 : 14 They 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 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 8:19 : 19 Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.
- Gen 9:7 : 7 But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.”
- Exod 1:7 : 7 The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.
- Exod 8:3 : 3 The Nile will swarm with frogs, and they will come up and go into your house, in your bedroom, and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading troughs.
- Job 7:12 : 12 Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?
- Job 26:5 : 5 A Better Description of God’s Greatness“The dead tremble– those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
- Ezek 32:2 : 2 “Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:“‘You were like a lion among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your streams.
- Jonah 1:17 : 17 Jonah Prays(2:1) The LORD sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
- Jonah 2:10 : 10 Then the LORD commanded the fish and it disgorged Jonah on dry land.
- Matt 12:40 : 40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
- Gen 1:18 : 18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
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20 God said,“Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”
- Gen 1:22-287 verses84%
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.”
23 There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 God 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.
25 God 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.
26 Then 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.”
27 God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.
28 God 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 1:9-124 verses77%
9 God said,“Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.
10 God called the dry ground“land” and the gathered waters he called“seas.” God saw that it was good.
11 God 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.
12 The 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.
- Ps 104:25-262 verses77%
25 Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.
26 The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it.
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14 They 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.
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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.
- Gen 1:30-312 verses74%
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.
31 God saw all that he had made– and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
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19 Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.
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10 you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds,
- Gen 1:6-72 verses73%
6 God said,“Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.”
7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.
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20 Of 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.
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8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas.
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10 and 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.
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46 This 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,
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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!”
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21 And all living things that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.
- Deut 4:17-182 verses72%
17 any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky,
18 anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth.
- Gen 1:15-184 verses72%
15 and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.
16 God made two great lights– the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.
17 God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,
18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
- Gen 1:1-44 verses72%
1 ¶ The Creation of the World In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Now 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.
3 God said,“Let there be light.” And there was light!
4 God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.
- Gen 9:1-22 verses71%
1 God’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.
2 Every 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.
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8 Pairs of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,
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1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded.
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17 Jonah Prays(2:1) The LORD sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
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12 In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.
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10 But any creatures that do not have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, from all the swarming things of the water and from all the living creatures that are in the water, are detestable to you.
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15 every kind of crow,
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23 Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.
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7 Praise the LORD from the earth, you sea creatures and all you ocean depths,
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39 All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another.