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Genesis 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.

KJV

Et fecit Deus bestias terræ juxta species suas, et jumenta, et omne reptile terræ in genere suo. Et vidit Deus quod esset bonum,

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὰ [θηρία τῆς γῆς] κατὰ γένος καὶ τὰ κτ[ήνη κατὰ γέ]νος καὶ πάντα τὰ ἑρπ[ετὰ τῆς γῆς] κατὰ γένος αὐτῶν· καὶ ἴδεν ὁ θεὸς ὅτι καλά.

LXX

And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֣עַשׂ אֱלֹהִים֩ אֶת חַיַּ֨ת הָ/אָ֜רֶץ לְ/מִינָ֗/הּ וְ/אֶת הַ/בְּהֵמָה֙ לְ/מִינָ֔/הּ וְ/אֵ֛ת כָּל רֶ֥מֶשׂ הָֽ/אֲדָמָ֖ה לְ/מִינֵ֑/הוּ וַ/יַּ֥רְא אֱלֹהִ֖ים כִּי טֽוֹב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְּהֵמָ֑ה
bhmh
noun · 189×
הוּ
hv
pronoun · 31×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
רֶ֖מֶשׂ
rmsh
noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Proofs of the resurrection from Isaiah and Ezekiel; the same God who created us will also raise us up. 1. Now, that He who at the beginning created man, did promise him a second birth after his dissolution into earth, Esaias thus declares: The dead shall rise again, and they who are in the tombs shall arise, and they who are in the earth shall rejoice. For the dew which is from…

Cross-references

  • Gen 1:4 — And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
  • Gen 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.
  • 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
  • Jer 27:5 — I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
  • Job 12:8 — Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
  • Job 26:13 — By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
  • Job 41:12 — I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.