Devine Scripture

Genesis 2:19

Genesis chapter 2 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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 creature, that was the name thereof.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

Context

v.18And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.

v.19This passage

v.20And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a help meet for him.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 8:4

    What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

  • Genesis 6:20

    Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

  • Genesis 2:22

    and the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

  • Genesis 9:2

    And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.

  • Genesis 1:28

    And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

  • Genesis 1:20

    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.