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Genesis 1:20

Creation

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

19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

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

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 bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

22 Then 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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BSB
And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
KJV
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
WEB
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
ASV
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
DARBY
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.
BLB
And God said, “Let the waters swarm [with] a swarm of living souls, and let the bird fly above the earth, on the face of the firmament of the heavens.”
ÅB
Og Gud sa: Det vrimle av liv i vannet, og fugler fly over jorden under himmelhvelvingen!
OTB
Og Gud sa: "La vannene vrimle med levende skapninger, og la fugler fly over jorden på himmelens hvelving."
B1930
Og Gud sa: Det vrimle av liv i vannet, og fugler flyve over jorden under himmelhvelvingen!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 104:24–25

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

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  • Genesis 2:19

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

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  • 1 Kings 4:33

    He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

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  • Psalms 148:10

    wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,

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  • Genesis 1:30

    And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

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  • Genesis 8:17

    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.”

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  • Genesis 1:7

    So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

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  • Genesis 1:22

    Then 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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