Genesis 1:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.”
Genesis 1:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 1:21 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 1:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“God created the large sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.”
Genesis 1:21 — World English Bible
Genesis 1:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good. ”
Genesis 1:21 — American Standard Version
Genesis 1:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good.”
Genesis 1:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 1:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“AndGod created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. AndGod saw that it was good. ”
Genesis 1:21 — Darby Translation
Genesis 1:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then God created the great whales, and euery thing liuing and mouing, which the waters brought foorth in abundance according to their kinde, and euery fethered foule according to his kinde: and God sawe that it was good.”
Genesis 1:21 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 1:21 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.”
Genesis 1:21 — The Living Sword
Genesis 1:21 in Context — Genesis 1
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
What Does Genesis 1:21 Mean?
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