Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
KJV
Dixit etiam Deus : Producant aquæ reptile animæ viventis, et volatile super terram sub firmamento cæli.
Vulgate
Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεός Ἐξαγαγέτω τὰ ὕδατα ἑρπετὰ ψυχῶν ζωσῶν καὶ πετεινὰ πετόμεν[α] ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατὰ τὸ στερέωμ[α τοῦ] οὐρανοῦ· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως.
LXX
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ הַ/מַּ֔יִם שֶׁ֖רֶץ נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֑ה וְ/עוֹף֙ יְעוֹפֵ֣ף עַל הָ/אָ֔רֶץ עַל פְּנֵ֖י רְקִ֥יעַ הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
י
y
noun · 752×
יָּ֖עַף
y'p
verb · 32×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
ע֣וֹף
'vp
noun · 71×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
רָקִ֔יעַ
rqy'
noun · 17×
שֶׁ֣רֶץ
shrts
noun · 15×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
שֹּׁרֵ֣ץ
shrts
verb · 13×
Doctrines that cite this verse
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Great mysteries are they, of which the Only-begotten Son of God has counted us worthy; great, and such as we were not worthy of, but such as it was meet for Him to give. For if one reckon our desert, we were not only unworthy of the gift, but also liable to punishment and vengeance; but He, because He looked not to this, not only delivered us from punishment, but freely gave…
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
Of the goodness of God explained in the creation of things, and of the Trinity as found in the first words of Genesis. The story concerning the origin of the world (Genesis 1) is allegorically explained, and he applies it to those things which God works for sanctified and blessed man. Finally, he makes an end of this work, having implored eternal rest from God. Chapter 1. He Ca…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 4:33 — And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
- Gen 1:6 — And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Gen 1:7 — And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
- Gen 1:22 — And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
- Gen 1:30 — And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
- Gen 2:19 — And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creatu
- Gen 2:19 — And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creatu
- Gen 8:17 — Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the e
- Ps 8:8 — The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
- Ps 50:11 — I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
- Ps 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
- Ps 148:10 — Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
- Ps 148:10 — Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: