Genesis 1:21
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.”Genesis 1:21
What Does Genesis 1:21 Mean?
Genesis 1:21 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 1, verse 21 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Creation.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Genesis 1:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 148:7“Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:”Psalms 104:24“O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.”Genesis 1:25“And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.”Genesis 8:19“Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.”Genesis 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.”Genesis 6:20“Of 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.”Genesis 7:14“They, 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.”Genesis 9:7“And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.”Exodus 1:7“And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.”Exodus 8:3“And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:”Genesis 1:18“And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.”Genesis 1:31“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”Genesis 48:16“The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”Job 7:12“Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?”Job 26:5“Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.”Jonah 1:17“Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.”Matthew 12:40“For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”Jonah 2:10“And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.”
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