Genesis 1:20-25

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²⁰And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,^(A) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”^(B) ²¹So God created^(C) the great creatures of the sea^(D) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,^(E) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.^(F) And God saw that it was good.^(G) ²²God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”^(H) ²³And there was evening, and there was morning^(I)—the fifth day.

²⁴And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures^(J) according to their kinds:^(K) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.^(L) ²⁵God made the wild animals^(M) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.^(N) And God saw that it was good.^(O)

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Job 40:15-24

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¹⁵“Look at Behemoth,
    which I made^(A) along with you
    and which feeds on grass like an ox.^(B)
¹⁶What strength^(C) it has in its loins,
    what power in the muscles of its belly!^(D)
¹⁷Its tail sways like a cedar;
    the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.^(E)
¹⁸Its bones are tubes of bronze,
    its limbs^(F) like rods of iron.^(G)
¹⁹It ranks first among the works of God,^(H)
    yet its Maker^(I) can approach it with his sword.^(J)
²⁰The hills bring it their produce,^(K)
    and all the wild animals play^(L) nearby.^(M)
²¹Under the lotus plants it lies,
    hidden among the reeds^(N) in the marsh.^(O)
²²The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;
    the poplars by the stream^(P) surround it.
²³A raging river^(Q) does not alarm it;
    it is secure, though the Jordan^(R) should surge against its mouth.
²⁴Can anyone capture it by the eyes,
    or trap it and pierce its nose?^(S)