Genesis 1:24
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Cross-references
In Genesis 6:20, the 'kinds' classification echoes the original creation command for animals.
In Genesis 7:14, animals entering by kinds fulfills the preservation plan from creation.
In Genesis 8:19, animals going out by kinds re-establishes life, echoing creation order.
Job 40:15 names Behemoth as God's own creation — a concrete example of the beasts the earth brought forth.
Psalm 50:9 asserts God needs no animal sacrifice because all beasts already belong to Him — the Creator claims ownership.
Psalm 50:10 claims every animal in the forest and on the hills as God's — ownership rooted in His creating them.
Psalm 148:10 calls all animals — beasts, livestock, small creatures — to praise their Creator, echoing their origin here.
In Psalm 104:24, the psalmist praises God's creation of many creatures, directly reflecting the act of making land animals.
In Job 39:1, God details His intimate knowledge of mountain goats and does — expanding the creation command into specific care for wildlife.
In Job 38:39, God's provision for lions reflects His ongoing care established in creation.
In Job 38:40, God's preparation for wild animals shows continued sustenance from creation.
Job 39:5 describes God releasing the wild donkey — showing His ongoing sovereignty over the creatures He first called forth.
Job 39:9 describes the wild ox's untamable nature — a creature God made free, beyond human dominion.
Job 39:19 describes the horse's strength God placed in it — specific traits of the creatures called forth here.
Psalm 104:18 highlights rock badgers and high mountains — God's design provides for even wild creatures He made.