the First Week after Epiphany
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Genesis 1:20
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Afterward God said, Let the waters bring foorth in abundance euery creeping thing that hath life: and let the foule flie vpon the earth in the open firmament of the heauen.
And God said, Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of the heaven.
God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the eretz in the open expanse of sky."
Then God said, "Let the water be filled with many living things, and let there be birds to fly in the air over the earth."
And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens."
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
And God said, Let the waters be full of living things, and let birds be in flight over the earth under the arch of heaven.
The Fifth Day
God said, "I command the ocean to be full of living creatures, and I command birds to fly above the earth."God said, "Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open dome of the sky."
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.
And God said: 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.'
And God said, Let the waters bring foorth aboundantly the mouing creature that hath life, and foule that may flie aboue the earth in the open firmament of heauen.
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Then God said, "Let the waters swarm and abundantly produce living creatures, and let birds soar above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens."
And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
And God said, "Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky."
And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth across the face of the vaulted dome of heaven.
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarmers having a soul of life; and let the birds fly over the earth, on the face of the expanse of the heavens.
Then God said, "Let the water be filled with living things, and let birds fly in the air above the earth."
God said, "Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
Then God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens."
Then God said, "Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind."
Then God said, "Let the waters be full of living things. Let birds fly above the earth in the open space of the heavens."
God also said: let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that may fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven.
And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens."
Then God commanded, "Let the water be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let the air be filled with birds."
Also God seide, The watris brynge forth a `crepynge beeste of lyuynge soule, and a brid fleynge aboue erthe vndur the firmament of heuene.
And God saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.'
God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
And God sayde: let the waters bryng foorth mouyng creature that hath lyfe, and foule that may flee vpon the earth in the open firmament of heauen.
Then God said, “Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”
And God sayde: let the waters brynge forth creatures that moue and haue life, & foules for to flye aboue the earth vnder the firmamet of heauen.
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.
Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens."
And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky."
Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens."
Then God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the expanse of the heavens."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Let the waters: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 8:17, Psalms 104:24, Psalms 104:25, Psalms 148:10, Acts 17:25
moving: or, creeping, 1 Kings 4:33
life: Heb. a living soul, Genesis 1:30, Ecclesiastes 2:21
fowl that may fly: Heb. let fowl fly, This marginal reading is more conformable to the original, and reconciles this passage with Genesis 2:19. The word fowl, from the Saxon fleon, to fly, exactly corresponds to the original, which denotes every thing that flies, whether bird or insect.
open firmament: Heb. face of the firmament, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:14
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:6 - Let there Genesis 6:20 - fowls Exodus 1:7 - fruitful Psalms 8:8 - The fowl Psalms 50:11 - know Psalms 69:34 - moveth 1 Corinthians 15:39 - General
Cross-References
And God made the expanse, and it divided between the waters that were under the expanse and the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.
And God said - Let there be luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night, - and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
And God blessed them, saying, - Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let, the birds, multiply in the land.
And God said - Let the land, bring forth, living soul, after its kind, tame-beast and creeping thing and wild-beast, of the land, after its kind. And it was so.
And God made the wild-beast of the land after its kind, and the tame-beast after its kind, and every creeping thing of the ground, after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
and to every living thing of the land - and to every bird of the heavens, and to every thing that moveth on the land, wherein is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it wins so.
Now Yahweh God had formed from the ground every living thing of the field and every bird of the heavens, which he brought in unto the man, that he might see what he should call it, - and, whatsoever the man should call it - any living soul, that, should be the name thereof.
All the living creatures that are with thee of all flesh among birds, and among beasts, and among all the creeping things that creep on the earth, bring forth with thee, - and they shall swarm in the earth, and be fruitful and multiply, on the earth.
And he discoursed of trees - from the cedar that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop, that springeth out in the wall, - and he discoursed of beasts and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Thou wild-beast, and all ye cattle, crawling creature, and bird of wing;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And God said, let the waters bring forth abundantly,.... The waters gathered together in one place, the waters of the ocean, and those in rivers, pools and lakes, and which, before their collection into those places, had been sat on, moved, and impregnated by the Spirit of God; so that they could, as they did, by the divine order accompanied with his power, bring forth abundance of creatures, next mentioned:
the moving creature that hath life: an animal life, of which sort of creatures as yet there had been none made; vegetables, or such as have a vegetative life, were made on the third day; but those that have a sensitive and animal life not till this day, the fifth; and the less perfect, or lower sort of these, were first produced, even such as move or "creep" n, as the word used signifies; which is applied to fishes as well as creeping things, because in swimming their bellies touch the water, and are close to it, as reptiles on the earth: and of these creeping things in the seas there are innumerable, as the Psalmist says, Psalms 104:25. Pliny o reckons up an hundred and seventy six kinds of fishes, which he puts in an alphabetical order:
and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven; which according to our version were to be produced out of the waters also; not out of mere water, but out of earth and water mixed together, or out of the earth or clay p that lay at the bottom of the waters: and it may be observed of some fowls, that they live on the waters, and others partly on land and partly on water; and as the elements of fowl and fish, the air and water, bear a resemblance to each other, so do these creatures, some fowls both fly and swim; and what wings are to the one, fins are to the other; and both steer their course by their tails, and are both oviparous: though it should seem, according to Genesis 2:19, that the fowls were produced from the earth, and the words may be rendered here, "let the fowl fly above the earth", c. as they are in the Samaritan and Syriac versions, and in others q.
n שרץ "reptile", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus "reptilia", Junius Tremellius, Piscator. o Nat. Hist. l. 32. c. 11. p Vid. T. Bab. Cholin. fol. 27. 2. q ××¢××£ ××¢×פף "et volatile volet", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Amama, "et volatile volitet", Tigurine version "et volucres volent", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "et aves volent", Drusius; "et volucris volet", Cartwrightus; "et avis volitet", Schmidt.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- VII. The Fifth Day
20. ש×רץ shaÌrats, âcrawl, teem, swarm, abound.â An intransitive verb, admitting, however, an objective noun of its own or a like signification.
× ×¤×©× nephesh, âbreath, soul, self.â This noun is derived from a root signifying to breathe. Its concrete meaning is, therefore, âthat which breathes,â and consequently has a body, without which there can be no breathing; hence, âa breathing body,â and even a body that once had breath Numbers 6:6. As breath is the accompaniment and sign of life, it comes to denote âlife,â and hence, a living body, âan animal.â And as life properly signifies animal life, and is therefore essentially connected with feeling, appetite, thought, × ×¤×©× nephesh, denotes also these qualities, and what possesses them. It is obvious that it denotes the vital principle not only in man but in the brute. It is therefore a more comprehensive word than our soul, as commonly understood.
21. ×ª× ×× tannıÌyn, âlong creature,â a comprehensive genus, including vast fishes, serpents, dragons, crocodiles; âstretch.â
22. ××¨× baÌrak âbreak, kneel; bless.â
The solitude ×××Ö¼ bohuÌ, the last and greatest defect in the state of the earth, is now to be removed by the creation of the various animals that are to inhabit it and partake of its vegetable productions.
On the second day the Creator was occupied with the task of reducing the air and water to a habitable state. And now on the corresponding day of the second three he calls into existence the inhabitants of these two elements. Accordingly, the animal kingdom is divided into three parts in reference to the regions to be inhabited - fishes, birds, and land animals. The fishes and birds are created on this day. The fishes seem to be regarded as the lowest type of living creatures.
They are here subdivided only into the monsters of the deep and the smaller species that swarm in the waters.
Genesis 1:20
The crawler - ש×רץ sherets apparently includes all animals that have short legs or no legs, and are therefore unable to raise themselves above the soil. The aquatic and most amphibious animals come under this class. âThe crawler of living breath,â having breath, motion, and sensation, the ordinary indications of animal life. âAbound with.â As in Genesis 1:11 we have, âLet the earth grow grass,â (×ש×× ×ª×ש××¢ tadsheÌâ deshe', so here we have, âLet the waters crawl with the crawler,â ש×רץ ×ש×רצ×Ö¼ yıÌshretsuÌ sherets; the verb and noun having the same root. The waters are here not the cause but the element of the fish, as the air of the fowl. Fowl, everything that has wings. âThe face of the expanse.â The expanse is here proved to be aerial or spatial; not solid, as the fowl can fly on it.
Genesis 1:21
Created. - Here the author uses this word for the second time. In the selection of different words to express the divine operation, two considerations seem to have guided the authorâs pen - variety and propriety of diction. The diversity of words appears to indicate a diversity in the mode of exercising the divine power. On the first day Genesis 1:3 a new admission of light into a darkened region, by the partial rarefaction of the intervening medium, is expressed by the word âbe.â This may denote what already existed, but not in that place. On the second day Genesis 1:6-7 a new disposition of the air and the water is described by the verbs âbeâ and âmake.â These indicate a modification of what already existed. On the third day Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11 no verb is directly applied to the act of divine power. This agency is thus understood, while the natural changes following are expressly noticed. In the fourth Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16-17 the words âbe,â âmake,â and âgiveâ occur, where the matter in hand is the manifestation of the heavenly bodies and their adaptation to the use of man. In these cases it is evident that the word âcreateâ would have been only improperly or indirectly applicable to the action of the Eternal Being. Here it is employed with propriety; as the animal world is something new and distinct summoned into existence. It is manifest from this review that variety of expression has resulted from attention to propriety.
Great fishes. - Monstrous crawlers that wriggle through the water or scud along the banks.
Every living, breathing thing that creeps. - The smaller animals of the water and its banks.
Bird of wing. - Here the wing is made characteristic of the class, which extends beyond what we call birds. The Maker inspects and approves His work.
Genesis 1:22
Blessed them. - We are brought into a new sphere of creation on this day, and we meet with a new act of the Almighty. To bless is to wish, and, in the case of God, to will some good to the object of the blessing. The blessing here pronounced upon the fish and the fowl is that of abundant increase.
Bear. - This refers to the propagation of the species.
Multiply. - This notifies the abundance of the offspring.
Fill the waters. - Let them be fully stocked.
In the seas. - The âseaâ of Scripture includes the lake, and, by parity of reason, the rivers, which are the feeders of both. This blessing seems to indicate that, whereas in the case of some plants many individuals of the same species were simultaneously created, so as to produce a universal covering of verdure for the land and an abundant supply of aliment for the animals about to be created - in regard to these animals a single pair only, at all events of the larger kinds, was at first called into being, from which, by the potent blessing of the Creator, was propagated the multitude by which the waters and the air were peopled.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Genesis 1:20. Let the waters bring forth abundantly — There is a meaning in these words which is seldom noticed. Innumerable millions of animalcula are found in water. Eminent naturalists have discovered not less than 30,000 in a single drop! How inconceivably small must each be, and yet each a perfect animal, furnished with the whole apparatus of bones, muscles, nerves, heart, arteries, veins, lungs, viscera in general, animal spirits, c., c. What a proof is this of the manifold wisdom of God! But the fecundity of fishes is another point intended in the text no creature's are so prolific as these. A TENCH lay 1,000 eggs, a CARP 20,000, and Leuwenhoek counted in a middling sized COD 9,384,000! Thus, according to the purpose of God, the waters bring forth abundantly. And what a merciful provision is this for the necessities of man! Many hundreds of thousands of the earth's inhabitants live for a great part of the year on fish only. Fish afford, not only a wholesome, but a very nutritive diet they are liable to few diseases, and generally come in vast quantities to our shores when in their greatest perfection. In this also we may see that the kind providence of God goes hand in hand with his creating energy. While he manifests his wisdom and his power, he is making a permanent provision for the sustenance of man through all his generations.
