Genesis 1:20

Contemporary English Version 1995

God said, “I command the ocean to be full of living creatures, and I command birds to fly above the earth.”

Cross References

Genesis 2:19

So the Lord took some soil and made animals and birds. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give each of them. Then the man named the tame animals and the birds and the wild animals. That's how they got their names. None of these was the right kind of partner for the man.

1 Kings 4:33

He could talk about all kinds of plants, from large trees to small bushes, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

Psalm 148:10

every wild and tame animal, all reptiles and birds, come praise the Lord!

Genesis 1:30

And I have given the green plants as food for everything else that breathes, including animals, both wild and tame, and birds. And so it was.

Genesis 8:17

Let out the birds, animals, and reptiles, so they can mate and live all over the earth.”

Genesis 1:22

Then he gave the living creatures his blessing—he told the ocean creatures to increase and live everywhere in the ocean and the birds to increase everywhere on earth.

Genesis 1:14

God said, “I command lights to appear in the sky and to separate day from night and to show the time for seasons, special days, and years.

Genesis 1:7

And that's what happened. God made the dome

Acts 17:25

He doesn't need help from anyone. He gives life, breath, and everything else to all people.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

When we use our wisdom, knowledge, and skill to get what we own, why do we have to leave it to someone who didn't work for it? This is senseless and wrong.

Genesis 1:19

Evening came, then morning—that was the fourth day.

Genesis 1:21

So God made the giant sea monsters and all the living creatures that swim in the ocean. He also made every kind of bird. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

Genesis 7:21

Not a bird, animal, reptile, or human was left alive anywhere on earth.

Leviticus 11:43

If you eat any of them, you will become just as disgusting and unclean as they are.

Job 12:9

Any of them can tell you what the Lord has done.