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Genesis 1:21

Genesis chapter 1 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.20And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

v.21This passage

v.22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 7:12

    Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

  • Exodus 8:3

    and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs:

  • Genesis 1:18

    and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

  • Genesis 8:19

    every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.

  • Psalms 104:24

    O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.

  • Exodus 1:7

    And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.