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Genesis 2:19-20
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 2:19-20
New Catholic Bible
19 The Lord God therefore formed every sort of wild animal and all the birds of the air, and he brought them before the man to see what he would name them.[a] Whatever the man called each living creature, that was the name that it would bear. 20 The man gave names to every type of animal, all the birds of the air and all the wild animals, but the man could not find anything that was like him.
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- Genesis 2:19 Name them: this was the man’s first act of dominion over the creatures around him.
Genesis 2:19-20
New International Version
Genesis 2:19-20
New International Version
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. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.
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- Genesis 2:20 Or the man
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