He blessed them all and told the creatures that live in the water to reproduce and to fill the sea, and he told the birds to increase in number.

So he took some soil from the ground and formed all the animals and all the birds. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and that is how they all got their names.

Take all the birds and animals out with you, so that they may reproduce and spread over all the earth."

LORD, you have made so many things! How wisely you made them all! The earth is filled with your creatures.

There is the ocean, large and wide, where countless creatures live, large and small alike.

all animals, tame and wild, reptiles and birds.

Nor does he need anything that we can supply by working for him, since it is he himself who gives life and breath and everything else to everyone.

He spoke of trees and plants, from the Lebanon cedars to the hyssop that grows on walls; he talked about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

but for all the wild animals and for all the birds I have provided grass and leafy plants for food"---and it was done.

You work for something with all your wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and then you have to leave it all to someone who hasn't had to work for it. It is useless, and it isn't right!

(SEE 1:6)

Then God commanded, "Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin;