Genesis 1:25

God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God speaks and acts at the conclusion of the sixth day, executing the command issued in verse 24 to populate the earth. He addresses no human audience but directs the earth to produce and confirms His own work.

The words — The text highlights וַיַּעֲשׂ (va/i.Ya.'as), meaning "and He made," showing God's direct agency in forming the creatures. It also emphasizes לְמִינָהּ (le./mi.Na/h), meaning "according to its kind," which structures the biological categories of the beasts, livestock, and crawlers.

The thread — The theme of God's creative authority over earth and its inhabitants resurfaces in Jeremiah 27:5, where He claims to have made the earth and its beasts by His great power. It also echoes in Job 12:8, which points to the earth itself as a witness to His work.

Why it lands — The text records that God completed the creation of terrestrial life and evaluated it as good. It requires the reader to recognize the deliberate order and divine approval embedded in the natural world.

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The Hebrew words

וַיַּ֣עַשׂva/i.Ya.'asand/ he made אֱלֹהִים֩'E.lo.HimGod אֶת־'et-<obj.>חַיַּ֨תchai.Yat[the] animal[s] of הָאָ֜רֶץha./'A.retzthe/ earth לְמִינָ֗הּle./mi.Na/hto/ kind/ its וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַבְּהֵמָה֙ha./be.he.Mahthe/ livestock לְמִינָ֔הּle./mi.Na/hto/ kind/ its וְאֵ֛תve./'Etand/ <obj.>כָּל־kol-every רֶ֥מֶשׂRe.mes<the> creeping thing of הָֽאֲדָמָ֖הha./'a.da.Mahthe/ ground לְמִינֵ֑הוּle./mi.Ne./huto/ kind/ its וַיַּ֥רְאva/i.Yar'and/ he saw אֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimGod כִּי־ki-that טֽוֹב׃Tov[it was] good

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 27:5 By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
Job 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
Genesis 2:19 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.
Job 26:13 By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.