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Genesis 1:20

And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

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Genesis 1:20 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 104:24–25 (12 votes) and Genesis 2:19 (11 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 1 to Hebrews 11.

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Which verses does Genesis 1:20 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 104:24–2512 votes

    How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.

  2. Genesis 2:1911 votes

    And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

  3. 1 Kings 4:337 votes

    He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

  4. Psalm 148:105 votes

    wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,

  5. Genesis 1:304 votes

    And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

  6. Genesis 1:73 votes

    So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.

  7. Genesis 1:223 votes

    Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

  8. Genesis 8:173 votes

    Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”

  9. Genesis 1:142 votes

    And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

  10. Acts 17:252 votes

    Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

  11. Ecclesiastes 2:21-1 votes

Which verses point to Genesis 1:20?

The 10 strongest of 16.