And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Parallel translations
- WEB God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”; and it was so.
- BSB And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
- NKJV Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so.
- NASB Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kind: livestock and crawling things and animals of the earth according to their kind”; and it was so.
- NLT Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.” And that is what happened.
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Quick answer
God commands the earth to bring forth land animals after their kinds. The dry land is now filled with living creatures.
Overview
On the sixth day God calls the land to produce livestock, creeping things, and wild animals, each 'after their kind,' and it is so. This populates the earth formed on day three, mirroring how the waters and sky were filled on day five. The orderly diversity of animal life reflects the wisdom and creativity of the God who made them all.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 50:9–10I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
- Gen 6:20Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
- Job 40:15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
- Gen 8:19Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
- Ps 148:10Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
- Gen 7:14They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
- Job 39:5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
- Job 39:19Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
- Job 38:39–40Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
- Ps 104:23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
- Ps 104:18The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
- Job 39:9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
- Job 39:1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
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