Genesis 2:19

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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.

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  • Gen 1:20-26 : 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.” 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. 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.”
  • Gen 1:28 : 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 2:22-23 : 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,“This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”
  • 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 9:2 : 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.
  • Ps 8:4-8 : 4 Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them? 5 You made them a little less than the heavenly beings. You crowned mankind with honor and majesty. 6 you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority, 7 including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals, 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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  • Gen 2:20-23
    4 verses
    87%

    20 So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found.

    21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh.

    22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

    23 Then the man said,“This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”

  • Gen 1:20-31
    12 verses
    80%

    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.”

    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.

    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.”

    29 Then God said,“I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

    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.

  • 18 The LORD God said,“It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.”

  • Gen 5:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 From Adam to Noah This is the record of the family line of Adam.When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

    2 He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them“humankind.”

  • Gen 2:4-9
    6 verses
    77%

    4 The Creation of Man and Woman This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created– when the LORD God made the earth and heavens.

    5 Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

    6 Springs would well up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground.

    7 The LORD God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

    8 The LORD God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.

    9 The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food.(Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)

  • 15 The LORD God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it.

  • Gen 3:20-22
    3 verses
    73%

    20 The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

    21 The LORD God made garments from skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.

    22 And the LORD God said,“Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Gen 6:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

    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 1:9-12
    4 verses
    72%

    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.

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

  • 17 any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky,

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

  • 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.

  • 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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    7 including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals,

  • 9 But the LORD God called to the man and said to him,“Where are you?”

  • 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,

  • 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.

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