Genesis 1:20 Cross References - ISV

²⁰ Then God said, “Let the oceans swarm with living creatures, and let flying creatures soar above the earth throughout the sky!”

⁷ So God made a canopy that separated the water beneath the canopy from the water above it. And that is what happened:

¹⁴ Then God said, “Let there be lights across the sky to distinguish day from night, to act as signs for seasons, days, and years,

²² God blessed them by saying, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the oceans. Let the birds multiply throughout the earth!”

³⁰ I have given all green plants as food for every wild animal of the earth, every bird that flies, and to every living thing that crawls on the earth.” And that is what happened.

¹⁹ After the LORD God formed from the ground every wild animal and every bird that flies, he brought each of them to the man to see what he would call it. Whatever the man called each living creature became its name.

¹⁷ Bring out with you every living creature—including the flying creatures, animals, and everything that crawls on the ground—so they may disperse throughout the land, be fruitful, and multiply throughout the earth.”

³³ He described trees—everything from cedars that grow in Lebanon to hyssop that grows on a garden wall. He described animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

²⁴ How numerous are your works, LORD! You have made them all wisely; the earth is filled with your creations. ²⁵ There is the deep and wide sea, teeming with numberless creatures, living things small and great.

¹⁰ living creatures and livestock, insects and flying birds,

²¹ For sometimes people who strive to obtain wisdom, knowledge, and equity leave everything as an inheritance to a person who never worked for it. This, too, is pointless and greatly troublesome.

²⁵ and he isn’t served by people as if he needed anything. He himself gives everyone life, breath, and everything else.