Genesis 1:21

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.

Cross-references

Genesis 1:25 applies the same creation pattern to land animals — 'according to their kinds' and 'God saw that it was good' — paralleling the sea and sky creatures.

Genesis 1:31 provides the culminating verdict 'very good' for everything God made on day six, encompassing the sea creatures and birds here.

Genesis 6:20 reuses the 'according to their kinds' language and creature list from creation to describe what will be preserved on the ark.

Genesis 7:14 echoes creation's 'according to its kind' and creature categories — the same species God made now entering the ark to survive.

After the flood, God repeats the creation mandate: animals are to 'multiply on the earth and be fruitful.' The same blessing from creation is being reissued post-judgment.

Genesis 8:19 lists beasts, creeping things, and birds exiting the ark — the same creation categories emerging to refill the earth.

Genesis 9:7 Parallel

The 'be fruitful and multiply' language echoes the original creation blessing, now extended specifically to Noah's family as a post-flood covenant renewal.

Psalm 104 celebrates the same divine creativity: the sea 'teeming with creatures beyond number,' including Leviathan. It's a poetic echo of God's original creation of sea life.

Psalm 148:7 Allusion

Psalm 148:7 calls 'great sea creatures' to praise the LORD — directly invoking the same creatures God created here, now responding in worship.

Jesus uses Jonah's great fish as a sign pointing to His own burial — a created sea creature becomes a type of death and resurrection.

Exodus 8:3 Contrast

The Nile 'teeming' with frogs uses creation language, but here God multiplies creatures as judgment rather than blessing — the Creator turning His own work against Egypt.

Ezekiel uses the imagery of a thrashing sea creature to describe Pharaoh, recalling the great creatures God made — now applied metaphorically to a mighty but doomed ruler.

Exodus 1:7 Allusion

Exodus 1:7 uses creation-blessing language — 'fruitful,' 'multiplied,' 'filled the land' — showing Israel's growth as a fulfillment of God's creative intent for life.

Jonah 1:17 Related theme

God 'provided' a great fish to swallow Jonah — the same kind of sea creature He originally created, now deployed as an instrument of His sovereign purpose.

Jonah 2:10 Related theme

God commands the fish and it obeys — illustrating that the creatures He created remain under His authority, acting at His word even after creation is complete.