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Genesis 1:24 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so. "
Genesis 1:24
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22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;” and it was so.
25 God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
26 God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
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This is the first part of the sixth day’s work. The day before, God had filled the sea with fish and the air with birds. On this day, he made the beasts of the earth, the livestock, and the creatures that move along the ground.
As before, the Lord spoke the word, and the earth was to bring forth these creatures. This does not mean the earth had any power to create life on its own, or that God handed over his creating work to it. It means that these creatures were to come into being on the earth and from it, each according to its kind, just as God had planned them in his own mind.
God also did the work himself. He made them all after their kinds, not only with different shapes, but with different natures, habits, food, and ways of life. Some were made to be tame and live around the house, while others were made to roam wild in the fields. Some live on grass and herbs, while others live on flesh. Some are harmless, while others are fierce. Some are bold, while others are timid. Some serve man without being food, like the horse. Some feed man without serving him in work, like the sheep. Some do both, like the ox. And some do neither, like the wild beasts. In all of this, we see the many-sided wisdom of the Creator.
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Genesis 1:1
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
Genesis 1:2
"The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters."
Genesis 1:3
"God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light."
Genesis 1:4
"God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness."
Genesis 1:5
"God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day."
Genesis 1:6
"God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”"
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