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25 God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.

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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)

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With my great strength and powerful arm I made the earth and all its people and every animal. I can give these things of mine to anyone I choose.

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With my great power and outstretched arm(A) I made(B) the earth and its people and the animals(C) that are on it, and I give(D) it to anyone I please.

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Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.
    Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
For they all know
    that my disaster[a] has come from the hand of the Lord.
10 For the life of every living thing is in his hand,
    and the breath of every human being.

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  1. 12:9 Hebrew that this.

or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
    or let the fish in the sea inform you.
Which of all these does not know(A)
    that the hand of the Lord has done this?(B)
10 In his hand is the life(C) of every creature
    and the breath of all mankind.(D)

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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. 20 He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.

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

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.

But for Adam[a] no suitable helper(E) was found.

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  1. Genesis 2:20 Or the man

13 His Spirit made the heavens beautiful,
    and his power pierced the gliding serpent.

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13 By his breath the skies(A) became fair;
    his hand pierced the gliding serpent.(B)

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