Genesis 1:19-23
The Message
16-19 God made two big lights, the larger
to take charge of Day,
The smaller to be in charge of Night;
and he made the stars.
God placed them in the heavenly sky
to light up Earth
And oversee Day and Night,
to separate light and dark.
God saw that it was good.
It was evening, it was morning—
Day Four.
20-23 God spoke: “Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life!
Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!”
God created the huge whales,
all the swarm of life in the waters,
And every kind and species of flying birds.
God saw that it was good.
God blessed them: “Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean!
Birds, reproduce on Earth!”
It was evening, it was morning—
Day Five.
Genesis 1:19-21
New International Version
19 And there was evening, and there was morning(A)—the fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,(B) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”(C) 21 So God created(D) the great creatures of the sea(E) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,(F) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.(G) And God saw that it was good.(H)
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