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God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
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The Spark of Animal Life
Commentators highlight the use of the word "created" for the first time since Genesis 1:1. This signals that the introduction of animal life—described as "living creatures" or literally "breathing souls" (nephesh)—was a monumental and distinct act of God's power, different from merely shaping the inanimate world.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
שׁרץ shārats — “crawl, teem, swarm, abound.” An intransitive verb, however, it admits an objective noun of its own or a …
19th Century
Anglican
God created great whales. —Whales, strictly speaking, are mammals and belong to the creation of the sixth day.
But…
Baptist
There was no life in the sea or on the land until all was ready for it. God would not make a creature to be unhappy. There must be suitable food to…
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16th Century
Protestant
And God created. A question arises here from the word created. For we have previously contended that because the world was create…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And God created great whales. Which the Targums of Jonathan and Jarchi interpret of the Leviathan and its mate, concernin…
God commanded the fish and fowl to be produced. This command he himself executed. Insects, which are more numerous than the birds and beasts, and a…
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