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Gen 1:20 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Let the waters		Gen 1:22; Gen 2:19; Gen 8:17; Psa 104:24,25; Psa 148:10; Act 17:25
moving		or, creeping. 1Ki 4:33
life		Heb. a living soul. Gen 1:30; Ecc 2:21
fowl that may fly		Heb. let fowl fly. This marginal reading is more conformable to the original, and reconciles this passage with Gen 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. Gen 1:7,14

Correlating Passages

Let the waters

	Gen 1:22	And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
	Gen 2:19	And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.
	Gen 8:17	Bring forth with thee every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, [both] of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
	Psa 104:24	O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
	Psa 104:25	[So is] this great and wide sea, wherein [are] things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
	Psa 148:10	Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
	Act 17:25	Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

moving

1Ki 4:33

And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that [is] in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

life

	Gen 1:30	And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.
	Ecc 2:21	For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.

fowl that may fly

Gen 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.

open firmament

	Gen 1:7	And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.
	Gen 1:14	And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

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Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)

Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 1:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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