Genesis 1:21

New Living Translation

So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms in the water, and every sort of bird—each producing offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.

Cross References

Genesis 1:18

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

Genesis 1:20

Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”

Genesis 1:22

Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

Genesis 1:25

God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31

Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! And evening passed and morning came, marking the sixth day.

Genesis 2:19

So the Lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one.

Genesis 6:20

Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive.

Genesis 7:14

With them in the boat were pairs of every kind of animal—domestic and wild, large and small—along with birds of every kind.

Genesis 8:17

Release all the animals—the birds, the livestock, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—so they can be fruitful and multiply throughout the earth.”

Genesis 8:19

And all of the large and small animals and birds came out of the boat, pair by pair.

Genesis 9:2

All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power.

Genesis 9:7

Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth.”

Job 12:7

“Just ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

Job 26:5

“The dead tremble— those who live beneath the waters.

Job 7:12

Am I a sea monster or a dragon that you must place me under guard?

Psalm 148:7

Praise the Lord from the earth, you creatures of the ocean depths,

Exodus 1:7

But their descendants, the Israelites, had many children and grandchildren. In fact, they multiplied so greatly that they became extremely powerful and filled the land.

Exodus 8:3

The Nile River will swarm with frogs. They will come up out of the river and into your palace, even into your bedroom and onto your bed! They will enter the houses of your officials and your people. They will even jump into your ovens and your kneading bowls.

Ezekiel 32:2

“Son of man, mourn for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and give him this message: “You think of yourself as a strong young lion among the nations, but you are really just a sea monster, heaving around in your own rivers, stirring up mud with your feet.

Jonah 1:17

Now the Lord had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

Jonah 2:10

Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.