²⁰ And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,^(A) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”^(B)

²³ And there was evening, and there was morning^(A)—the fifth day.

²⁵ God made the wild animals^(A) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.^(B) And God saw that it was good.^(C)

²⁶ Then God said, “Let us^(D) make mankind^(E) in our image,^(F) in our likeness,^(G) so that they may rule^(H) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^(I) over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

³¹ God saw all that he had made,^(A) and it was very good.^(B) And there was evening, and there was morning^(C)—the sixth day.