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)

“And God 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. And God 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 Y fué la tarde y la mañana el día cuarto.

20 Y dijo Dios: Produzcan las aguas reptil de ánima viviente, y aves que vuelen sobre la tierra, en la abierta expansión de los cielos.

21 Y crió Dios las grandes ballenas, y toda cosa viva que anda arrastrando, que las aguas produjeron según su género, y toda ave alada según su especie: y vió Dios que era bueno.

22 Y Dios los bendijo diciendo: Fructificad y multiplicad, y henchid las aguas en los mares, y las aves se multipliquen en la tierra.

23 Y fué la tarde y la mañana el día quinto.

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What Does Genesis 1:21 Mean?

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