Genesis 1:18-20
Evangelical Heritage Version
18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good. 19 There was evening and there was morning—the fourth day.
20 God said, “Let the waters swarm with living creatures, and let birds and other winged creatures[a] fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
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- Genesis 1:20 The Hebrew word oph usually refers to birds, but it means “flyers” and can include other flying creatures such as insects and bats.
Genesis 1:18-20
New International Version
18 to govern the day and the night,(A) and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.(B) 19 And there was evening, and there was morning(C)—the fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,(D) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”(E)
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