Genesis 1:21

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Genesis 1:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

20 And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

22 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

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Genesis 6:20

Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

Genesis 7:14

they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

Genesis 8:19

Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.

Job 7:12

Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

Job 26:5

The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.

Psalms 104:24

How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

Psalms 104:25

Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.

Psalms 104:26

There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

Ezekiel 32:2

“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’

Jonah 1:17

Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.

Jonah 2:10

And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Matthew 12:40

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

Genesis 8:17

Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

Genesis 9:7

But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

Exodus 1:7

but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

Exodus 8:3

The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

Genesis 1:18

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

Genesis 1:25

God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31

And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.