God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
Parallel translations
- KJV And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
- BSB God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
- NKJV And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
- NASB God made the animals of the earth according to their kind, and the livestock according to their kind, and everything that crawls on the ground according to its kind; and God saw that it was good.
- NLT 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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Quick answer
God makes the land animals after their kinds and sees that it is good. The creatures of the earth are deliberately and well made.
Overview
God makes the various land animals, each according to its kind, and once more declares his work good. The careful repetition of 'after its kind' stresses the designed order and distinct categories within creation. This final pronouncement of goodness over the animals sets the stage for the climactic creation of humanity in God's image.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Jer 27:5‘I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.
- Job 12:8–10Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you. The fish of the sea shall declare to you.
- Gen 2:19–20Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature became its name.
- Job 26:13By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
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