Genesis 1:20-27
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 Then God said, “Let the water swarm with[a] living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 21 So God created the large sea-creatures[b] and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water,(A) according to their kinds. He also created every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 So God blessed them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”(B) 23 Evening came and then morning: the fifth day.
24 Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25 So God made the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and creatures that crawl on the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “Let Us(C) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.(D) They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth,[c] and the creatures that crawl[d] on the earth.”(E)
27 So God created man in His own image;
He created him in the image of God;
He created them male and female.(F)
Footnotes
- Genesis 1:20 Lit with swarms of
- Genesis 1:21 Or created sea monsters
- Genesis 1:26 Syr reads sky, and over every animal of the land
- Genesis 1:26 Lit scurry
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