Genesis 1:20-26

New International Version

²⁰ And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures,^(A) and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”^{(B) 21} So God created^(C) the great creatures of the sea^(D) and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it,^(E) according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.^(F) And God saw that it was good.^{(G) 22} God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”^{(H) 23} And there was evening, and there was morning^(I)—the fifth day.

²⁴ And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures^(J) according to their kinds:^(K) the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.^{(L) 25} God made the wild animals^(M) according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds.^(N) And God saw that it was good.^(O)

²⁶ Then God said, “Let us^(P) make mankind^(Q) in our image,^(R) in our likeness,^(S) so that they may rule^(T) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,^(U) over the livestock and all the wild animals,^[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”