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Genesis 1:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then God said, ‘Let the water swarm with  living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.’

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The Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it.  And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.


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


for all the wildlife of the earth, for every bird of the sky, and for every creature that crawls on the earth #– #everything having the breath of life in it #– #I have given  every green plant for food.’  And it was so.


Bring out all the living creatures that are with you #– #birds, livestock, those that crawl on the earth #– #and they will spread over the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”


God blessed them: ‘Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.’


Then God said, ‘Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs  for seasons  and for days and years.


So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse.  And it was so.


Neither is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything,  since he himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.


When there is a person whose work was done with wisdom, knowledge, and skill,  and he must give his portion to a person who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great wrong.


Evening came and then morning: the fourth day.


So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water,  according to their kinds. He also created every winged creature according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.


Every creature perished #– #those that crawl on the earth, birds, livestock, wildlife, and those that swarm on the earth, as well as all mankind.


Do not eat any of the creatures that swarm on the earth, anything that moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet,  for they are abhorrent.


Do not become contaminated by any creature that swarms; do not become unclean or defiled by them.


Which of all these does not know that the hand of the  Lord has done this?





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