Genesis 1:24

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And God saith, `Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind:' and it is so.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 1:24 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 6:20Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
  2. Genesis 7:14they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
  3. Genesis 8:19Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.
  4. Job 38:39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
  5. Job 39:1“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
  6. Job 39:5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
  7. Job 39:9Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
  8. Job 39:19Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
  9. Job 40:15Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
  10. Psalms 50:9I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
  11. Psalms 104:18The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
  12. Psalms 104:23Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
  13. Psalms 148:10wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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