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Genesis 1:24-25

The Sovereign God Creates and Orders All Things

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24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

25 God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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Verse 24

Cross-references

Psalms 50:9 Classic cross-references Isaiah 42:5 Classic cross-references Psalms 104:24 Classic cross-references Genesis 6:20 Classic cross-references Genesis 8:19 Classic cross-references

Original words

And God אֱלֹהִ֗ים H430 Noun - masculine plural said וַיֹּ֣אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Let the earth הָאָ֜רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular bring forth תּוֹצֵ֨א H3318 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular living חַיָּה֙ H2416 Adjective - feminine singular creatures נֶ֤פֶשׁ H5315 Noun - feminine singular according to their kinds לְמִינָ֔הּ H4327 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular livestock בְּהֵמָ֥ה H929 Noun - feminine singular land crawlers וָרֶ֛מֶשׂ H7431 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular and beasts וְחַֽיְתוֹ־ H2416 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular of the earth אֶ֖רֶץ H776 Noun - feminine singular according to their kinds לְמִינָ֑הּ H4327 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular And it was וַֽיְהִי־ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular so כֵֽן׃ H3651 Adverb

Verse 25

Cross-references

Jeremiah 27:5 Classic cross-references Job 12:8 Classic cross-references Genesis 2:19 Classic cross-references Genesis 1:21 Classic cross-references Job 26:13 Classic cross-references

Original words

- אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker God אֱלֹהִים֩ H430 Noun - masculine plural made וַיַּ֣עַשׂ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular the beasts חַיַּ֨ת H2416 Noun - feminine singular construct of the earth הָאָ֜רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular according to their kinds לְמִינָ֗הּ H4327 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker the livestock הַבְּהֵמָה֙ H929 Article | Noun - feminine singular according to their kinds לְמִינָ֔הּ H4327 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular and וְאֵ֛ת H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker everything כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct that crawls רֶ֥מֶשׂ H7431 Noun - masculine singular construct upon the earth הָֽאֲדָמָ֖ה H127 Article | Noun - feminine singular according to its kind לְמִינֵ֑הוּ 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

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