Animals

How Nave’s arranged it

• Creations ofGenesis 1:24Genesis 2:19Jeremiah 27:5
• Food ofGenesis 1:30
• NamedGenesis 2:20
• Ordained as food for manGenesis 9:2Genesis 9:3Leviticus 11:3Leviticus 11:9Leviticus 11:21Leviticus 11:22Deuteronomy 14:4–6Deuteronomy 14:9Deuteronomy 14:11Deuteronomy 14:20
• God's care ofGenesis 9:9Genesis 9:10Deuteronomy 25:4Job 38:41Psalms 36:6Psalms 104:11Psalms 104:21Psalms 147:9Jonah 4:11Matthew 6:26Matthew 10:29Luke 12:6Luke 12:241 Corinthians 9:9
• Under the curseGenesis 3:14Genesis 6:7Genesis 6:17
• Suffer under divine judgments, sent upon manJeremiah 7:20Jeremiah 12:4Jeremiah 21:6Ezekiel 14:13Ezekiel 14:17Ezekiel 14:19–21Joel 1:18–20
• Two of every sort preserved in the arkGenesis 6:19Genesis 6:20Genesis 7:2Genesis 7:3Genesis 7:5Genesis 7:9Genesis 7:11Genesis 8:19
• Suffered the plagues of EgyptExodus 8:17Exodus 9:9Exodus 9:10Exodus 9:19Exodus 11:5
• Perish at deathEcclesiastes 3:21Ecclesiastes 12:7
• Possessed of devilsMatthew 8:31Matthew 8:32Mark 5:13Luke 8:33
• Clean and uncleanGenesis 8:20Leviticus 7:21Leviticus 11Leviticus 20:25Deuteronomy 14:3–20Acts 10:11–151 Timothy 4:3–5

The passages, in Bible order (159)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 1:24

   And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

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   “6. Beasts bear witness to the faith. Have you confidence in the Lord? Thou shall walk upon the asp and the basilisk and you shall trample under feet the lion and the dragon. With faith you have the power to walk upon serpents and scorpions. Do you not see that the viper which attached itself to the hand of Paul, while he gathered sticks, did not injure him, because it found the saint full of faith? If you have not faith, do not fear beasts so much as your faithlessness, which renders you susceptible of all corruption.

   “And God said, let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind,....

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2. Genesis 1:30

   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.

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   “And it came to be so, that is, that man might rule over all that were created on land or in the waters, and that he might receive the faculty and power to eat from the fruits of the earth along with the birds of …

   “And to every beast of the earth,....

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3. 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.

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   “Examine, now, the reason why God had by this time created out of the earth 'all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air' and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. How account for the fact that God brought merely the beasts of the field and the birds of the air to Adam? Animals were there, we know, each according to its kind.

   “And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air,....

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4. Genesis 2:20

   The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

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   “They were not actually "fashioned," for the earth produced the animals, and the water the birds. [Gen. 1:20] By saying "fashioned" Scripture wishes to indicate that all animals, reptiles, cattle and birds came into being as a result of the combining of earth and water. …

   “And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowls of the air, and to every beast of the field,....

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5. Genesis 3:14

   So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.

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   “The serpent is a type of the pleasures of the body. The woman stands for our senses and the man for our minds. Pleasure stirs the senses, which in turn have their effect on the mind. Pleasure, therefore, is the primary source of sin. For this reason, do not wonder at the fact that by God's judgment the serpent was first condemned, then the woman and finally the man. The order of condemnation, too, corresponded to that of the crimes committed, for pleasure usually captivates the senses, and the senses captivate the mind.

   “And the Lord God said unto the serpent,.... And to the devil in it; for what follows may be applied to both; literally to the serpent, and mystically to Satan; both are punished, and that very justly, the serpent in being the instrument Satan made use of, and is cursed for his sake, as the earth for man's; and the punishing the instrument as well as the principal, the more discovers God's detestation of the act for which they are punished, as appears in other instances, Exo 21:

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6. Genesis 4:4

   while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

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   “Every kind of honour and happiness was bestowed upon you, and then was fulfilled that which is written, "My beloved ate and drank, and was enlarged and became fat, and kicked." [Deuteronomy 32:15] Hence flowed emulation and envy, strife and sedition, persecution and disorder, war and captivity. So the worthless rose up against the honoured, those of no reputation against such as were renowned, the foolish against the wise, the young against those advanced in years.

   “And moreover, we may also see simplicity in Abel, and the Holy Book sheweth us that he was more simple than Cain; for they both brought offerings to the Lord, and the offering of simplicity was accepted, but the offering of wickedness was rejected. And …

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7. Genesis 6:7

   So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”

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   “(94) Why God, after having threatened to destroy mankind, says that he will also destroy all the beasts likewise; using the expression, "from man to beast, and from creeping things to flying creatures;" for how could irrational animals have committed sin? (#Ge 6:7). This is …

   “And for a very long while wickedness extended and spread, and reached and laid hold upon the whole race of mankind, until a very small seed of righteousness remained among them: and illicit unions took place upon the earth, since angels were united with the daughters of the race of mankind; and they bore to them sons who for their exceeding greatness were called giants.

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8. Genesis 6:17

   And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

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   “Hippolytus, the Targumist expositor, said: The names of the wives of the sons of Noah are these: the name of the wife of Sem, Nahalath Mahnuk; and the name of the wife of Cham, Zedkat Nabu; and the name of the wife of Japheth, Arathka. These, moreover, are their names in the Syriac Targum. The name of the wife of Sem was Nahalath Mahnuk; the name of the wife of Cham, Zedkat Nabu; the name of the wife of Japheth, Arathka.

   “And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth,.... That there was such a flood of waters brought upon the earth, is confirmed by the testimonies of Heathen writers of all nations; only instead of Noah they put some person of great antiquity in their nation, as the Chaldeans, Sisithrus or Xisuthrus; the Grecians and Romans, Prometheus or Deucalion, or Ogyges.

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9. Genesis 6:19

   And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

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   “And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark,....

   “To keep them alive - God might have destroyed all the animal creation, and created others to occupy the new world, but he chose rather to preserve those already created. The Creator and Preserver of the universe does nothing but what is essentially necessary to be done. Nothing should be wantonly wasted; nor should power or skill be lavished where no necessity exists; and yet it required more means and economy to preserve the old than to have created new ones.

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10. Genesis 6:20

    Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

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    “On that same day elephants came from the east, apes and peacocks approached from the south, other animals gathered from the west, and still others hastened to come from the north. Lions came from the jungles, and wild beasts arrived from their lairs. Deer and …

    “Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind,....

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11. Genesis 7:2

    You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;

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    “Now let us consider by what means Noah commanded the clean animals to enter the ark, seven and seven, male and female (Gen. VII, 2): but of the unclean animals, two and two, so that the seed may be nourished in all the earth. And as I think, he asserts that the clean week begins; because the world and the sacred seventh number are clean. For it is not mixed with any other, nor is it generated from another.

    “Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens,....

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12. Genesis 7:3

    and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.

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    “Now let us consider by what means Noah commanded the clean animals to enter the ark, seven and seven, male and female (Gen. VII, 2): but of the unclean animals, two and two, so that the seed may be nourished in all the earth. And as I think, he asserts that the clean week begins; because the world and the sacred seventh number are clean. For it is not mixed with any other, nor is it generated from another.

    “Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and his female,....

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13. Genesis 7:5

    And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.

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    “God granted one hundred years while the ark was being made to that generation, and still they did not repent. God summoned beasts that they had never seen and still they showed no remorse. He established a state of peace between the predatory animals and …

    “And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him,.... He prepared for his entrance into the ark, and all the creatures with him; got everything ready for them, the rooms for their habitation, and food for their sustenance.

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14. Genesis 7:9

    came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.

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    “There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark,.... Of themselves, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra, being impressed with an instinct from God so to do; or by the ministry of angels, as observed See Gill on Gen 6:20 there were two of a sort, and some think four: the male and the female; and of some seven, or seven pairs, as before observed: as God commanded Noah; which respects his own and his family's entrance and the creatures; both were commanded by God, and attended to by Noah, who was obedient in all things.

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15. Genesis 7:11

    In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

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    “In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened, and rain fell upon the earth for forty days …

    “In the six hundredth year of Noah's life,....

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16. Genesis 8:19

    Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.

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    “Those whom he had brought in "one by one" in order to maintain chastity on the ark, he now brought out "two by two" so that they might "be fruitful and multiply in creation." Even with respect to the animals that had preserved their chastity …

    “Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth,....

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