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Genesis 1:24

Genesis 1:24
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 1:24-31

- VIII. The Sixth Day 24. בהמה behēmâh, “cattle; dumb, tame beasts.” רמשׂ remeś, “creeping (small or low) animals.” חוּה chayâh, “living thing; animal.” חוּת־חארץ chayatô-chā'ārets, “wild…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Let the earth bring forth the living creature, etc. - נפש חיה nephesh chaiyah; a general term to express all creatures endued with animal life, in any of its infinitely varied gradations, from the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 1:24-25

We have here the first part of the sixth day's work. The sea was, the day before, replenished with its fish, and the air with its fowl; and this day were made the beasts of the earth, the cattle, and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Genesis 1:24-31

Sixth Day:

(a) Creation of the Land Animals (Gen 1:24-25);

(b) Creation of Man (Gen 1:26-30);

(c) The End of the Creation (Gen 1:1),