19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals(A) and all the birds in the sky.(B) He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called(C) each living creature,(D) that was its name.

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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[a] to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:19 Or Adam, and so throughout the chapter.

19 (A)Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed[a] every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and (B)brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:19 Or And out of the ground the Lord God formed

19 (A)And out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the sky, and (B)brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

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