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Genesis 1:20-23

The Sovereign God Creates and Orders All Things

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

20 And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

22 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

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Verse 20

Cross-references

Genesis 2:19 Classic cross-references Psalms 104:24 Classic cross-references 1 Kings 4:33 Classic cross-references Genesis 1:6 Classic cross-references Psalms 148:10 Classic cross-references

Original words

And God אֱלֹהִ֔ים H430 Noun - masculine plural said וַיֹּ֣אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Let the waters הַמַּ֔יִם H4325 Article | Noun - masculine plural teem יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ H8317 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural with living נֶ֣פֶשׁ H5315 Noun - feminine singular . . . חַיָּ֑ה H2416 Adjective - feminine singular creatures שֶׁ֖רֶץ H8318 Noun - masculine singular construct and let birds וְעוֹף֙ H5775 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular fly יְעוֹפֵ֣ף H5774 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular above עַל־ H5921 Preposition the earth הָאָ֔רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular in עַל־ H5921 Preposition the open פְּנֵ֖י H6440 Noun - common plural construct expanse רְקִ֥יעַ H7549 Noun - masculine singular construct of the sky הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ H8064 Article | Noun - masculine plural

Verse 21

Cross-references

Psalms 148:7 Classic cross-references Psalms 104:24 Classic cross-references Genesis 1:25 Classic cross-references Genesis 8:19 Classic cross-references Genesis 8:17 Classic cross-references

Original words

So אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker God אֱלֹהִ֔ים H430 Noun - masculine plural created וַיִּבְרָ֣א H1254 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular the great הַגְּדֹלִ֑ים H1419 Article | Adjective - masculine plural - וְאֵ֣ת H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker sea creatures הַתַּנִּינִ֖ם H8577 Article | Noun - masculine plural and every כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct living הַֽחַיָּ֣ה׀ H2416 Article | Adjective - feminine singular thing נֶ֣פֶשׁ H5315 Noun - feminine singular that moves הָֽרֹמֶ֡שֶׂת H7430 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular [with] which אֲשֶׁר֩ H834 Pronoun - relative the waters הַמַּ֜יִם H4325 Article | Noun - masculine plural teemed שָׁרְצ֨וּ H8317 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural according to their kinds לְמִֽינֵהֶ֗ם H4327 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and וְאֵ֨ת H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker every כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct winged כָּנָף֙ H3671 Noun - feminine singular bird ע֤וֹף H5775 Noun - masculine singular after its kind לְמִינֵ֔הוּ H4327 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular And God אֱלֹהִ֖ים H430 Noun - masculine plural saw וַיַּ֥רְא H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular that כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction [it was] good טֽוֹב׃ H2896 Adjective - masculine singular

Verse 22

Cross-references

Genesis 1:28 Classic cross-references Genesis 8:17 Classic cross-references Job 40:15 Classic cross-references Psalms 107:38 Classic cross-references Genesis 35:11 Classic cross-references

Original words

Then God אֱלֹהִ֖ים H430 Noun - masculine plural blessed וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ H1288 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular them אֹתָ֛ם H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural [and] said לֵאמֹ֑ר H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Be fruitful פְּר֣וּ H6509 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural and multiply וּרְב֗וּ H7235 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural and fill וּמִלְא֤וּ H4390 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the waters הַמַּ֙יִם֙ H4325 Article | Noun - masculine plural of the seas בַּיַּמִּ֔ים H3220 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural and let birds וְהָע֖וֹף H5775 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular multiply יִ֥רֶב H7235 Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular on the earth בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ H776 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 23

Cross-references

Genesis 1:5 Classic cross-references Genesis 1:31 Classic cross-references

Original words

And there was וַֽיְהִי־ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular evening עֶ֥רֶב H6153 Noun - masculine singular and there was וַֽיְהִי־ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular morning בֹ֖קֶר H1242 Noun - masculine singular the fifth חֲמִישִֽׁי׃פ H2549 Number - ordinal masculine singular day י֥וֹם H3117 Noun - masculine singular

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