Genesis 1:22-24
English Standard Version
22 And God blessed them, saying, (A)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
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Genesis 1:22-24
New American Standard Bible
22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 (A)Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures according to [a]their kind: livestock and crawling things and animals of the earth according to [b]their kind”; and it was so.
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