Genesis 1:24
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.
KJV
Dixit quoque Deus : Producat terra animam viventem in genere suo, jumenta, et reptilia, et bestias terræ secundum species suas. Factumque est ita.
Vulgate
Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεός Ἐξαγαγ[έτω ἡ γῆ ψυχὴν] ζῶσαν κατὰ γένος, [τετράποδα] καὶ ἑρπετὰ καὶ θηρί[α τῆς γῆς κατὰ] γένος, καὶ ἐγένετο [οὕτως].
LXX
And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים תּוֹצֵ֨א הָ/אָ֜רֶץ נֶ֤פֶשׁ חַיָּה֙ לְ/מִינָ֔/הּ בְּהֵמָ֥ה וָ/רֶ֛מֶשׂ וְ/חַֽיְתוֹ אֶ֖רֶץ לְ/מִינָ֑/הּ וַֽ/יְהִי כֵֽן
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Cross-references
- Gen 6:20 — Of 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.
- Gen 7:14 — They, 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
- 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.
- Isa 42:5 — Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit
- Job 40:15 — Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
- Ps 50:9 — I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
- 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: