Genesis 1:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

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 1:19

Evening came and 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 sea. He also made every kind of bird. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

Genesis 1:22

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

Genesis 1:30

And I have given the green plants as food for everything else that breathes. These will be food for animals, both wild and tame, and for birds.

Genesis 1:7

And that's what happened. God made the dome

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.

Genesis 7:21

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

Genesis 8:17

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

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.

Job 12:9

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

Psalm 148:10

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

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.

Leviticus 11:43

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

Acts 17:25

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