Genesis 1:21 “So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that mov…”

Genesis 1:21

So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

World English Bible

God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

American Standard Version

And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then God created the great whales, and euery thing liuing and mouing, which the waters brought foorth in abundance according to their kinde, and euery fethered foule according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.

Darby Translation

And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Young's Literal Translation

And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that [it is] good.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“great”

Psalm 104:24–26 Genesis 8:19 Genesis 6:20 Genesis 7:14 Job 7:12 Job 26:5

Psalm 104:24–26 · BSB

How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

Genesis 8:19 · BSB

Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.

Genesis 6:20 · BSB

Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

Genesis 7:14 · BSB

they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

Job 7:12 · BSB

Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

Job 26:5 · BSB

The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.

“brought”

Genesis 8:17 Genesis 9:7 Exodus 1:7 Exodus 8:3

Genesis 8:17 · BSB

Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

Genesis 9:7 · BSB

But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

Exodus 1:7 · BSB

but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

Exodus 8:3 · BSB

The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

“God saw”

Genesis 1:25 Genesis 1:18 Genesis 1:31

Genesis 1:25 · BSB

God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:18 · BSB

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

Genesis 1:31 · BSB

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

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

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