Genesis 1:21
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
KJV
Creavitque Deus cete grandia, et omnem animam viventem atque motabilem, quam produxerant aquæ in species suas, et omne volatile secundum genus suum. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὰ κήτη [τὰ με]γάλα καὶ πᾶσαν ψυχὴν [ζῴων ἑρπε]τῶν, ἃ ἐξήγαγεν [τὰ ὕδατα κατὰ γένη αὐτῶν], καὶ πᾶν πετεινὸν πτ[ερωτὸν] κατὰ γένος· καὶ ἴδεν ὁ [θεὸς ὅτι καλά].
LXX
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
ASV
וַ/יִּבְרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֶת הַ/תַּנִּינִ֖ם הַ/גְּדֹלִ֑ים וְ/אֵ֣ת כָּל נֶ֣פֶשׁ הַֽ/חַיָּ֣ה הָֽ/רֹמֶ֡שֶׂת אֲשֶׁר֩ שָׁרְצ֨וּ הַ/מַּ֜יִם לְ/מִֽינֵ/הֶ֗ם וְ/אֵ֨ת כָּל ע֤וֹף כָּנָף֙ לְ/מִינֵ֔/הוּ וַ/יַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים כִּי טֽוֹב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- Gen 1:25 — 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.
- 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
- Gen 8:19 — Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
- 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 148:7 — Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: