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.
What does Genesis 1:24 mean?
God commanded the fish and fowl to be produced. This command he himself executed.
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Keep this verse inside Genesis 1:24-25 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Genesis 1:24
- VIII. The Sixth Day 24. behemah, "cattle; dumb, tame beasts." remes, "creeping (small or low) animals." chayah, "living thing; animal." chayato-cha'arets, "wild beast." 26. 'adam, "man, mankind;" "be red." A collective noun, having no plural number, and therefore denoting either an individual of the kind, or the kind or race itself. It is connected in etymology with 'adamah, "the red soil," from which the human body was formed Genesis 2:7 . It therefore marks the earthly aspect of man. tselem, "shade, image," in visible outline. demut, "likeness," in any quality. radah "tread, rule." This day corresponds with the third. In both the land is the sphere of operation.
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Genesis 1 belongs to the opening movement of the book, especially the section often described as primeval history from creation to Babel. Genesis opens the whole Bible with creation, fall, flood, Babel, and the long patriarchal story that carries the reader from Eden to Egypt. Read this chapter with the wider themes of creation, fall, and covenant in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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