Genesis 1:20-26

²⁰God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!"m

²¹God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good.

²²God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!"

²³It was evening, it was morning--Day Five.

²⁴God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals--all kinds." And there it was:

²⁵wild animals of every kind, Cattle of all kinds, every sort of reptile and bug. God saw that it was good.n

²⁶God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth."o