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Genesis 1

Gen. 1:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Let the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
bring forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the living
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
creature
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
after his kind
miyn (Hebrew #4327)
a sort, i.e. species
KJV usage: kind. Compare 4480.
Pronounce: meen
Origin: from an unused root meaning to portion out
, cattle
bhemah (Hebrew #929)
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
KJV usage: beast, cattle.
Pronounce: be-hay-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
, and creeping thing
remes (Hebrew #7431)
a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal
KJV usage: that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing.
Pronounce: reh'-mes
Origin: from 7430
, and beast
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
after his kind
miyn (Hebrew #4327)
a sort, i.e. species
KJV usage: kind. Compare 4480.
Pronounce: meen
Origin: from an unused root meaning to portion out
: and it was so.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 6:20• 20Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. (Gen. 6:20)
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Gen. 7:14• 14They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. (Gen. 7:14)
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Gen. 8:19• 19Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. (Gen. 8:19)
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Job 38:39‑40• 39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
 40When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? (Job 38:39‑40)
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Job 39:1,5,9,19• 1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
 5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
 9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
 19Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? (Job 39:1,5,9,19)
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Job 40:15• 15Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. (Job 40:15)
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Psa. 50:9‑10• 9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
 10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. (Psa. 50:9‑10)
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Psa. 104:18,23• 18The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
 23Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening. (Psa. 104:18,23)
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Psa. 148:10• 10Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: (Psa. 148:10)
Cattle, denotes domestic animals living on vegetables;--Beasts of the earth, wild animals; especially such as live on flesh; and--Creeping things, reptiles; or all the different genera of serpents, worms, and such animals as have no feet.
• (Rom. 2:25). "The fullness of the Gentiles" means that through the Church period Gospel blessings are flowing forth to all nations. But when the right time comes we read, "And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob" (Rom. 2:26). Even to-day we see the beginning of this wide-spread movement for blessing among the Jews. The time for spiritual enlightenment will come as the consequence of deep soul-repentance brought about by the sorrows of "the great tribulation." That is beautifully prophesied in Zech. 12:10-14....This is the typical meaning of the earth being populated with the beasts of the earth, cattle and creeping things. This falls into beautiful position between the Gentiles being blessed, and the moment that is coming when Christ shall reign over His ancient people as their Messiah, and over the whole earth as Son of Man. (“The Sixth Day: Genesis 1:24-25” by A.J. Pollock)
• {v.24-25} Where is the analogy even here with the age of Mammals, as the Tertiary has been well designated? If we add according to scripture the creation of man on that same day, the system is not only different but even in contrast. The simple truth intended is that we have in these verses the land population of all kinds for the period of the human race; as before we had that of the waters and of the air, after the vegetable provision, with the due establishment not of light only but of the heavenly phenomena. (“Genesis 1:24-25” by W. Kelly)
• Nor is there real anachronism in giving “cattle” as the first named in verse 24, the domesticable if not yet domesticated animals, appropriate to the use of man. “Creeping thing” follows in its more literal application, whereas “moving” expressed more fully the action of the creatures that peopled the waters, so as to embrace not only serpents, etc., but insect life. Animal of earth” designates the wild beast. (“Genesis 1:24-25” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And God said, Let the earth bring forth living souls after their kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth, after their kind. And it was so.

W. Kelly Translation

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And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creaturea after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the field, after its kind. And it was so.

WK Translation Notes

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Lit. soul.