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Genesis 1:20 KJV
Genesis · chapter 1 · verse 20
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.Genesis 1:20 · King James Version
Genesis 1:20 in context
18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20And 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.
21And 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.
22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
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Key words (Strong's)
- abundantlyshâratsto wriggleH8317 →
- creaturesheretsa swarmH8318 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
- aboveʻalabove, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applicationsH5921 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Each day, hitherto, has produced very noble and excellent beings, which we can never sufficiently admire; but we do not read of the creation of any living creature till the fifth day, of which these verses give us an account.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-23